What is Henri Murger?
[[File:Buste Henry Murger.jpg|thumb|Statue of Murger in Paris built 1895]] '''Henri Murger''' (27 March 1822 – 28 January 1861) was a French writer. He is known for a book called ''[[Scènes de la vie de bohème]]''. This book is about the life of poor poets, artists, and musicians in Paris of the 1830s. It became the basis for [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s opera ''[[La bohème]]'', for [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]]'s opera of the same name, and for other musical works. Murger was born and died in Paris. He was very famous. == Other websites == *https://www.facebook.com/pages/Henry-Murger/784671611549716 {{DEFAULTSORT:Murger, Henri}} [[Category:Writers from Paris]] [[Category:1822 births]] [[Category:1861 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}