French novelist and dramatist, born in the island of Guadaloupe on the 6th of November 1829, and died in Paris on the 17th of December 1890. He became an advocate at the bar of Nancy in 1854. His first attempt in literature was Châtiment (Paris, 1855), a novel which failed to attract attention. Two years later he brought out À la Campagne, a one-act comedy which gave no indication of the immense and lasting success of his second dramatic composition, Le Testament de César Girodot. M. Belot has written a large number of other dramas, L’Article 47; Miss Mutton; Le Pavé de Paris, etc. He is also author of numerous novels, some of which are remarkable only for their erotic tendencies. The most noted of these is Mademoiselle Giraud, ma Femme; others are La Reine de Beauté; La Princesse Sophie; and Alphonsine. He also contributed to the Parisian daily press many short articles which attracted great attention.
