What is Alphonse Daudet?
{{Infobox Writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]] --> | name = Alphonse Daudet | image = Alphonse Daudet.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1840|5|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Nîmes]], [[France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1897|12|16|1840|5|13|df=y}} | death_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | occupation = [[Novelist]], [[Short story]] writer, [[Playwright]], [[Poet]] | movement = [[Naturalism (literature)|Naturalism]] | genre = | notableworks = }} '''Alphonse Daudet''' (13 May 1840 – 16 December 1897) was a [[France|French]] [[novelist]]. He was the father of [[Léon Daudet]] and [[Lucien Daudet]]. Outside [[France]] he is probably best known for his [[novel]] ''[[Tartarin de Tarrascon]]''. Daudet died of [[syphilis]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Daudet, Alphonse}} [[Category:1840 births]] [[Category:1897 deaths]] [[Category:French playwrights]] [[Category:French poets]] [[Category:French novelists]]