Raymond Brucker (5 May 1800, Paris – 28 February 1875, Paris), full name Raymond Philippe Auguste Brucker, was a 19th-century French writer.
A fan-worker then an essayist and homme de lettres, he converted to Catholicism in 1839. He was professor of philosophy. He wrote under various pseudonyms (Paul Séverin, Aloysius Block, Champercier, Duvernay, Ch. Dupuy, Olibrius), and in collaboration with Michel Masson (1800–1883) and with Léon Gozlan under the pseudonym Michel Raymond.
Works under the pseudonym Raymond Brucker
1833: Les cent-et-une nouvelles nouvelles des Cent-et-un, ornées de cent-et-une vignettes, recueil de nouvelles en 2 volumes, Paris, Ladvocat 1833: Le livre des conteurs, with other authors, Paris, Allardin 1837: Mensonge, roman 2 vol., Paris, Werdet 1840: Branches d'olivier. Recueil de poésies chrétiennes, with other authors, Paris, Olivier Fulgence 1844: Les Docteurs du jour devant la famille, Paris, Sagnier et Bray 1848: Profession de foi d'un citoyen de Paris pour sa candidature à l'Assemblée nationale, Paris, Guiraudet et Jouaust 1848: Testament d'Alibaud. Contrat d'alliance entre les socialistes et les républicains, Paris, Schneider 1853: Le Carême du roi, comedy in three acts, Paris, De Soye et Bouchet 1854: Quarante-huit heures de la vie de ma mère, Paris, De Soye et Bouchet
under the pseudonym Michel Raymond
1829: Le Maçon, moeurs populaires, roman in 4 vol., with Michel Masson, Paris, Ambroise Dupont et Cie, (4 vol. in-12) This book was received with great praise of the critics. It was written in cooperation with Michel Masson. The pseudonym used was the conjunction of the first names of the men. 1832: Le Puritain de Seine-et-Marne, Paris, H. Dupuy, (375 p., front.; in-8°) Gallica.bnf.fr ark:/12148/bpt6k9753939s 1832–33: Daniel le lapidaire, ou les Contes de l'atelier, Bruxelles, J.-P. Méline, This book is all written by Michel Masson. Michel Masson used this very pseudonym once more for the first two volumes of his book: Contes de l'atelier ou Daniel le Lapidaire. (1832–1833 (4 vol. in-8). After the success of these two parts, he used his own name for vol 3 & 4. 1833: Les Sept péchés capitaux, novel (2 vol.) Paris, Werdet Brucker also worked with Léon Gozlan, on a novel entitled Les Intimes. It was published in 1834 under the same pseudonym "Michel Raymond", in an attempt to ride on the success of this name. Although he never protested, after this, Michel Masson stopped all cooperation with Raymond Brucker. 1834: Les Intimes, novel (3 vol.), with Léon Gozlan, Paris, Eugène Renduel, 1834: third edition:Gallica.bnf.fr vol 1, ark:/12148/bpt6k113911rGallica.bnf.fr vol 2, ark:/12148/bpt6k1139124Gallica.bnf.fr vol 3, ark:/12148/bpt6k113913h 1835: Un secret, novel (2 vol.), Paris, Allardin 1838: Le Boudoir et la mansarde, novel (2 vol.), with Carle Ledhuy, Paris, C. Lachapelle 1839: Le Portefeuille de maroquin noir, novel (2 vol.), with Léon Gozlan, Paris, J. Laisné edition 1861: signed with Léon Gozlan, edition: Paris, Dentu, (collection Hetzel), (Pt. in-8°, 316 pages) 1839: Loi de liberté. Epitre à Raspail, Paris, Librairie Sociale 1840: Henriette, novel (2 vol. in-8), Paris, Werdet et Cie,Gallica.bnf ark:/12148/bpt6k5740961k 1841: Scandale, (2 vol.), Paris, Paris, Werdet 1841: Maria, roman inédit, (2 vol.), Paris, C. Le Clère 1842: Les Causeries de Bruyères-le-Châtel, Paris, Werdet 1842: Un Jacobin sous la Régence, Paris, Werdet under the pseudonym Paul Séverin 1838: Le Bouquet de mariage, révélations sur les mœurs du siècle, (2 vol.), Paris, Gosselin et Coquebert
References
External links Raymond Brucker on data.bnf.fr Notice biographique sur le site de l'association d'études fouriéristes
Florian Balduc (éd.),Fantaisies Hoffmaniennes, Editions Otrante, 2016