You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (January 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Tristan Bernard]]; see its history for attribution. {{Translated|fr|Tristan Bernard}} to the talk page. |
Tristan Bernard (7 September 1866 – 7 December 1947)[1] was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer.
He studied law, and after his military service, he started his career as the manager of an aluminium smelter. In the 1890s, he managed the Vélodrome de la SeineatLevallois-Perret and the Vélodrome Buffalo, events that were an integral part of Parisian life, being regularly attended by personalities such as Toulouse-Lautrec.[2] He reputedly introduced the bell to signify the last lap of a race.[3]
He identified as an anarchist.[4]