Jules Gabriel Verne

Gutiérrez Soto Gerardo

I was born on 8 February 1828 in Nantes, Kingdom of France, I am known in the countries of Spanish language as Jules Verne , I was a writer, poet and French dramatist , I'm famous for my adventure novels and my profound influence on the genre literary science fiction.

I am one of the most important writers of France and across Europe under the obvious influence of my edgy books and surrealism and since 1979 I am the second most translated author in the world, after Agatha Christie. I am considered along with HG Wells father of science fiction and my contribution to education and science.

My childhood and youth

He was the eldest of the five children he had in the marriage of Pierre Verne , who came from a family linked to the case-law (my grandfather was a notary adviser to Louis XV and president of the Bar of Nantes) , and Sophie Allotte of the Fuÿe , belonging to a military family . My brother Paul was born a year after me, and my three sisters, years later, Anna , in 1837 ; Mathilde , in 1839 , and Marie , in 1842.

In 1839 I enter in college where Saint- Stanislas showed my talent in geography, Greek, Latin and singing. When I finish my studies first cycle of my father , Pierre Verne , gave me and my brother , Paul , a jib sail with which we plan to descend the Loire to the sea ; however, I had to decline when undertaking the adventure as it had not been sufficient planning the trip .

My life

In 1847 I began my law studies in Paris. My cousin Caroline agrees . I wrote a play : Alejandro VI. In 1848 I was introduced by my uncle Châteaubourg in literary circles , where I met the Dumas , father and son. In 1849 I received a lawyer and my father allowed me to stay in Paris. I continued writing theater. My father wanted me to become my legal career , but I was not the work and my father mad at me , stopped finance me.

Also, all my savings spent on books and spend long hours in the libraries of Paris wanting to know everything. My barely enough to eat me , which caused me many digestive disorders ( causing me stomach disorders and fecal incontinence ) and nerve disorders that would eventually disfigure the face and facial paralysis.

In May 1856 I met my future wife who would be a woman named Deviane Honorine Morel, a widow of Morel and mother of two daughters (Valentine and Suzanne). I married (betraying the cause of my misogynistic group of friends without Eleven women) with Honorine on January 10, 1857, I thought I would find emotional stability I needed. I asked my father 50 000 francs to invest in the stock and my father reached after a long discussion. The marriage quickly despaired me instead of helping me. Whenever the opportunity presented itself I escaped my duties spouse. Once we went to Esomes to spend time with sister Honorine, take a boat to Scotland, forcing my wife to return alone to Paris without knowing anything about me until I return trip (this was the first time you travel boat). Then I started another trip to Norway and Denmark. Four years after I contracted marriage, I planned a trip that would result then I abandon Honorine while giving birth to only child fruit of our marriage, Michel Verne.

My extraordinary journeys

In 1863 , following my success in my third novel , travel to the United States in a lecture with my brother Paul Verne . Two years later published the story of a journey to the moon in two parts: From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon . One of the characters , the Frenchman Michel Ardan bold -anagrama of swim- is a spitting image of his dear friend . The other, Impey Barbicane , is based on the character of President Abraham Lincoln, assassinated earlier that year.

My last days

On March 9, 1886 , at the age of 58, was walking back to my house , my nephew Gaston , 25 , who wore a cordial relationship , shot to me with a gun , with no clear reason . The first bullet missed me , but the second hit my left leg to provoke a limp from which I would not recover . The incident was covered up by the press and Gaston spent the rest of his life in an asylum. On March 24, 1905 , I was sick with diabetes

for years , my death occurred in my home , located at 44 Boulevard Longueville (now Boulevard Jules Verne ) . I was buried in the cemetery of La Madeleine , located northwest of Amiens, in whose tomb I represent emerging from the tomb, sculptor Albert Roze . my son Michel Verne oversaw the publication of his last novels Invasion of the Sea and The Lighthouse at the End of the World .

Main Movies

In my novels , 33 have been made into films , resulting in a total of 95 films , not counting the TV series. The play has been adapted several times Michael (16 times ), followed by Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (9 times) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (6 times) .

-Trip to the Moon , 1902 , directed by Georges Méliès.-The Mysterious Island 1951 , directed by Spencer Gordon Benet and starring Richard Crane. -20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954 , directed by Richard Fleischer with Kirk Douglas in the role of Ned and James Mason as Captain Nemo . -Michael , 1956 , directed by Carmine Gallone and Curd Jurgens as Michael.- Around the World in 80 Days 1956 , directed by Michael Anderson with David Niven and Cantinflas as Phileas Fogg and Passepartout .

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