Jules Gabriel Verne He was born in Nantes, France, on February 8, 1828, and is a renowned writer of adventure novels, which led to him being considered one of the founders of science fiction. In all of history, he was the second most translated author with a total of 4185 translations.
Son of Pierre Verne and of Sophie Allotte de la Fuÿe, his first studies were carried out in the Saint-Stanislas College, where, from a very young age, his gifts for study were present, showing great facility and talent for geography, singing and the Greek and Latin language. It was there, where he showed his enthusiasm for writing, mainly adventure, science and also poetry.
In 1847 he began to study law at the University of Paris, where it was received two years later. Despite this, he chose not to work as a lawyer, but to spend his time writing and reading, so his father became deeply angry with him and stopped sending him money. For this reason, Julio Verne He had several digestive problems, which led him to suffer from facial paralysis, due to his poor diet and lack of money: “I work from morning to night without stopping, and so on every day (…) My stomach is fine, but the jerks on my face bother me a lot; Besides, since I always have to drink something, I no longer sleep at all. (…) All these annoyances come from the nerves that I always have in extreme tension“.
After a while, he was named “Secretary of the National Theater of Paris”, A job that allowed him to save money that he invested in a piano.
In 1856, he met Honorine Deviane Morel, with whom he formed a marriage some time later. Despite his longing to find happiness with his beloved, the writer began to feel despair when he saw that his marriage was not prospering, so he began to avoid more and more his commitment as a husband. Four years later, his wife gave birth to their son Michael Verne, who from a very young age showed to be a very rebellious little one, so July He decided to admit him to a neuropsychiatric hospital, which his son never forgave him.
After writing several hits, he got several millionaire contracts, so he was able to buy his own yacht and walk around the Mediterranean Sea, as he had always dreamed of. Despite this, many critics spoke really badly of the Frenchman’s work, as they classified it as catastrophic, even blaming his work “Paris in the 20th century“To be unrealistic, because it describes a world of people who go out of their way for money and are totally obsessed with faxes.
In March 1886, while walking home with his nephew GastonThe 25-year-old himself fired two shots at the artist, one of which hit his leg. Because of this, he must have suffered from a limp for the rest of his life. After the attack, his nephew was taken to a psychiatric hospital.
Two years later, Verne began his political career, being elected “Councilor of Amiens“, since he held for 15 years, making several improvements in his town, for which he was highly respected by the inhabitants of the same.
After suffering from diabetes for a long time, on March 24, 1905, Julio Verne he died in Amiens, on a street that today bears the name of the French writer.
Among his wide range of creations, he wrote more than 50 novels, which were published while he was alive, among which the following stand out: “Five weeks in a balloon“,”Journey to the Center of the Earth“,”Twenty thousand leagues of underwater travel“,”Adventures of three Russians and three Englishmen in southern Africa“,”Around the World in 80 Days“,”Miguel Strogoff“,”A fifteen years old captain“,”The five hundred million of the begún“,”The archipelago on fire“,”Robur the conqueror“,”A lottery ticket“,”The Carpathian castle“,”The Travels of Clovis Dardentor” Y “The Halifax Pirates“, among others. But, in addition, many other novels were published posthumously, which were partly modified by his son, Michael, What: “The Lighthouse at the End of the World“,”The castaways of the Jonathan“,”The impressive adventure of the Barsac mission“,”The volcano of gold“,”Paris in the 20th century” Y “Wilhelm Storitz’s Secret“.
In his legacy, Julio Verne, left several stories, such as: “A drama in Mexico“,”Siege to Rome“,”Saint Charles“,”In the XXIX century: the journey of an American journalist in 2889“,”Mr. Re-sharp and Miss E-flat“,”The marriage of Mr. Anselmo de los Tilos“, “The mutineers of the Bounty“,”The Earl of Chanteleine“,”A wintering in the ice” Y “The Blockade Forces: From Glasgow to Charleston“, among others.
One of the great merits that the writer had in all his work was his logical capacity that, in combination with his scientific and technological knowledge, allowed him to make a series of advances, such as weapons of mass destruction, spaceships, submarines , helicopters, trains, fuel-powered cars, calculators, and even “glass skyscraper“.
His influence in the art world was and will forever be undisputed, so in the field of cinema, 95 films were made about the novels of this icon of literature.