GLATIGNY, JOSEPH ALBERT ALEXANDRE (1839-1873), French poet, was born at Lillebonne (Seine In ferieure), received an elementary education at Bernay, was ap prenticed to a printer at Pont Audemer, where he produced a three-act play, and joined a travelling company of actors to whom he acted as prompter. Inspired primarily by the study of Theo dore de Banville, he published his Vignes f olles in 1857; his best collection of lyrics, Les Fleches d'or, appeared in 1864; and a third volume, Gilles et pasquins, in 1872. After Glatigny settled in Paris he improvised at cafe concerts and wrote several one-act plays. On an expedition to Corsica with a travelling company of actors he was on one occasion arrested and put in irons for a week through being mistaken by the police for a notorious crim inal. His marriage with Emma Dennie brought him great happi ness, but the hardships of his life weakened his health and he died at Sevres on April 16, 1873.
See Catulle Mendes, Legende du Parnasse contemporain (1884), and Glatigny, drame funambulesque (1906) .