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Gérard Bauër (7 October 1888 - September 4, 1967) was a French essayist and critic. He was the son of Henry Bauër and grandson of Alexander Dumas.

Biography
Son of Henry Bauër and Pauline Lemariée. He married Helena Margareta Van der Zee on May 23, 1932, whom he divorced on March 29, 1950.

After having been Georges Clemenceau's assistant at L'Aurore, he became a literary and dramatic critic at L'Écho de Paris from 1907 to 1935, then columnist at Le Figaro, where he wrote from 1935 the Billet de Guermantes under the pseudonym of "Guermantes". He also published, in addition to five volumes of chronicles, a novel, a few short comedies, and several works on Paris. Alongside Yvonne Sarcey, he directed from 1934 to 1940 ''Les Annales politiques et littéraires'.

He directed Paris-Presse in 1945. he was a member of the Académie Goncourt (5th cover) in 1948 and honorary president of the Société des gens de lettres. In 1959 he won the literary grand prize of the City of Paris for his Rendez-vous with Paris. He was a member of the Académie Goncourt and honorary president of the Société des gens de lettres. In 1959 he was awarded the literary grand prize of the City of Paris for his Rendez-vous avec Paris.

Works

 * Sous les mers, novel, 1919
 * Recensement de l'amour à Paris, 1922
 * Il faut parler le premier, 1924
 * Éloge du désordre, 1926
 * Les Métamorphoses du romantisme, 1928
 * La Parisienne, 1929
 * Les boulevards, 1937
 * Les Billets de Guermantes I, 1937
 * Les Billets de Guermantes II, 1947
 * Instants et visages de Paris, 1951
 * Histoire d'un palais de Paris : l'Élysée, 1953
 * L'Europe sentimentale, 1954
 * Dix rendez-vous avec Paris, 1955
 * Rendez-vous avec Paris, 1959
 * Rien ne sert d'aimer et 3 autres pièces [On aime ceux qui partent. Un Voisin sait tout. Il faut parler le premier], 1961
 * Quelqu'un d'autre, 1963
 * Chroniques I, 1934-1953, 1964
 * Chroniques II, 1954-1964, 1965
 * Chroniques III, 1965-1967, 1967

Awards

 * 1920: Montyon Prize for Sous les mers
 * 1931: Prix Alfred-Née of the Académie française