Louis Ulbach

Louis Ulbach (7 March 182216 April 1889) was a French novelist, essayist and journalist. He published seventy-six volumes, wrote three plays, and wrote numerous articles and political or biographical pamphlets. His romantic novels were compared to the works of Émile Zola and Alphonse Daudet.

He edited the ''Revue de Paris'' and published ''La Cloche'', which was suppressed in 1869 for its hostility to the Second French Empire. He was imprisoned twice for his publication of ''La Cloche''. He was a leader in the movement for perpetual copyright to authors.

In 1877, he was awarded the cross of the Legion of Honour. Provided by Wikipedia