Prosper Mérimée
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Prosper Mérimée (September 28, 1803 – September 23, 1870) was a French writer. He was also a historian and an archaeologist. He is probably best known for writing the short story "Carmen". "Carmen" became the basis for the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.
Prosper Mérimée Media
Frontispiece of La Guzla, showing the purported author, Hyacinthe Maglanovich
One of The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries discovered in 1841 by Mérimée and George Sand in the Château of Boussac
The fortified medieval town of Carcassonne, made a monument in 1860
The Musée national du Moyen Âge, created by Mérimée in 1844
The Empress Eugénie in 1853
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