ウェブProsper Mérimée ( French: [pʁɔspɛʁ meʁime]; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) [1] was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation.