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Maxime Du Camp
French writer and photographer (–)
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Born | Maxime Du Camp ()8 February Paris, France |
Died | 9 February () (aged72) Baden-Baden, German Empire |
Resting place | Montmartre Cemetery |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Writer and photographer |
Movement | Realism and Late Romanticism |
Maxime Du Camp (8 February – 9 February ) was a French writer and photographer.
Biography
Born in Paris, Du Camp was the son of a successful surgeon.
Sitting amidst the ruins, Flaubert remarked to his friend Maxime du Camp: “If only they had read my Sentimental Education, this never could have happened.
After finishing college, he indulged in his strong desire for travel, thanks to his father's assets. Du Camp traveled in Europe and the East between and , and again between and in company with Gustave Flaubert. After his return, Du Camp wrote about his traveling experiences.
Flaubert also wrote about his experiences with Maxime.[1][2][3]
In , Du Camp became a founder of the Revue de Paris (suppressed in ), in which his fr