Alphonse Allais (October 20, 1854 - October 28, 1905) was a French writer and humorist, born in Honfleur, Calvados. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A humorist is an author who specializes in short, humorous articles or essays. ... Honfleur is a harbour commune in the Norman (département of the Calvados) located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine, very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. ... For the apple brandy produced in the region, see Calvados (spirit). ...
He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings. A poet as much as a humorist, he in particular cultivated the verse form known as holorhyme, i.e. made up entirely of homophonous verses, where entire lines rhyme. For example:
par les bois du djinn où s'entasse de l'effroi,
parle et bois du gin ou cent tasses de lait froid.
Ne nous frappons pas (literally We Do Not Strike), 1900
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Alphonse, 1220–71, count of Poitiers and of Toulouse, brother of King Louis IX of France.
During the absence of Louis in the Holy Land, Alphonse was coregent (1250–52) with his mother, Blanche of Castile, and later (1252–54) with his younger brother, Charles of Anjou (later Charles I, king of Naples and Sicily).
Alphonse left no heir, and at his death his lands were incorporated into the holdings of Philip III, king of France.
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