Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (6 Desember 1805 – 13 Juni 1871) adalah seorang pesulap Prancis. Robert-Houdin dikenal bapak pesulap modern.[1] Houdin menanggalkan busana Merlin khas pesulap dan diganti jas.
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| Lahir | Jean Eugene 6 Desember 1805 Blois, Prancis |
| Meninggal | 13 Juni 1871 (umur 65) Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt, Prancis |
| Pekerjaan | Pesulap, ilusionis, penemu, dan pembuat jam |
Salah satu pertunjukan paling memukai yakni menangkap peluru di Algeria. Dia melakukan itu untuk membuktikan sulap modern Eropa lebih baik dari trik kuno Afrika.
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- Confidences d'un prestidigitateur, une vie d'artiste, 2 vol., 1858 Texte en ligne sur Google Books: vol. 1 et vol. 2
- Les Tricheries des Grecs dévoilées ; l'art de gagner à tous les jeux, 1861
- Le Prieuré, organisations mystérieuses pour le confort et l'agrément d'une demeure, 1867 Texte en ligne su Gallica
- Note sur de nouveaux instruments propres à l'observation des divers organes de l'œil ainsi qu'à la manifestation des images entoptiques, 1867
- Confidences et révélations, 1868. Réédition: Slatkine, Genève, 1980 Texte en ligne sur Gallica
- Comment on devient sorcier: les secrets de la prestidigitation et de la magie, 1871
- Magie et physique amusante, 1877
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- ^ "Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin". Britannica. 2007.
- Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Secrets of Conjuring and Magic.
- Randi, James. Conjuring.
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- Houdini, Harry (1908). The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. New York: The Publisher's Printing Company. Diakses tanggal March 26, 2011. at Internet Archive
- (Vol.1), translated from the French by Stacey Dagron ; edited by Todd Karr. (2002). The magic of Robert-Houdin : "an artist's life" : biographical essay. Boulogne: Editions F.C.F. ISBN 978-2-907584-05-0. The fourth volume contains facsimiles of fantastic memories of evenings in which the reproduction of two models of fans, a DVD and a flip book were created for the occasion on the basis of a series of photographs taken by Disdéri studio. This flip book was finalized based on an idea outlined by Jean-Guy Fechner, Fechner's younger brother and former Christian group The Chariot. The works were staged by Roger Faluci.
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Robert-Houdin.
- A Conjurer's Confessions by M. Robert-Houdin Diarsipkan 2005-03-24 di Wayback Machine.
- Karya Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin di Project Gutenberg
- The Lock and Key Library, the most interesting stories of all nations: Real life di Proyek Gutenberg
- Memoirs of Robert-Houdin by M. Robert-Houdin
- The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin by Harry Houdini
- The Old and the new magic by Henry Ridgely Evans
- Robert-Houdin and the Spiritualists Harper's New Monthly Magazine, November 1877
- Robert-Houdin, A Magician's Life" - TV documentary (French) produced in 1995 and released on DVD (French and English version) in 2005, with extra footage and documentary material.
- Mémoires From the Collections of the Library of Congress
