Editing Tristan Bernard (section)

==Life==

[[File:Eleonora Duse with Matilde Serao, Francesco Paolo and Tristan Bernard.jpg|thumb|Tristan Bernard with [[Eleonora Duse]], [[Matilde Serao]], and others, 1897. Photo by [[Giuseppe Primoli]].]]

He studied law, and after his military service, he started his career as the manager of an aluminium smelter. In the 1890s, he managed the [[Adolphe Clément#Later life|''Vélodrome de la Seine'']] at [[Levallois-Perret]] and the [[Vélodrome Buffalo]], events that were an integral part of Parisian life, being regularly attended by personalities such as [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|Toulouse-Lautrec]].<ref name=Ahands/> He reputedly introduced the bell to signify the last lap of a race.<ref name=Leeds/>

He identified as an anarchist.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Charnow |first1=Sally Debra |title=Theatre, Politics, and Markets in Fin-de-Siècle Paris: Staging Modernity |date=2016 |language=en |isbn=978-1-137-05458-6 |publisher=Springer |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=CU0BDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA139 139] }}</ref>

Famous for his wit, Bernard was also a [[crossword]] creator.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andrikian |first=Yves |date=2015-08-05 |title=L’insolence rieuse de Tristan Bernard |trans-title= |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-de-besancon/2015/08/05/l-insolence-rieuse-de-tristan-bernard |access-date=2024-09-13 |work=[[L'Est Républicain]] |language=fr-FR}}</ref>