Alphonse Salin


Nicolas Alphonse Salin was a French playwright and chansonnier.

Biography

An employee at the Chancellery until 1830 and then at the Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris, where he became chief controller for coinage, his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Antoine, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.
His songs were published in Le Caveau. He was made a knight of the Legion of honour on 13 August 1861

Works