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Episode 1: Merimee, the Creator of Carmen

Merimee, the Creator of Carmen

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Man Who Made France Old, Merimee, the Creator of Carmen

Famed for his novella Carmen, Prosper Merimee also saved France's tourist sites.

Famed for his novella Carmen, Prosper Merimee also saved France's tourist sites. With Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee. From July 2007.

1/2. Merimee, the creator of Carmen

Writers Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee go on the trail of Prosper Merimee, author of the novella Carmen. He was employed in the 1830s as Inspector General of Historical Monuments, saving many of the sites that tourists to France enjoy today.

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Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee investigate Prosper Merimee, author and conservationist

Writers Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee go on the trail of Prosper Merimee, author of the novella Carmen and an early advocate of the conservation of historic buildings

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