Long before the word “Super Star” was coined, Saint-Georges was the original. Many people throughout history have been famous for one reason or another. Many have made great contributions to civilization and left great legacies. Their paintings and sculptures we still admire. Their discoveries have made our lives better; their music we still play and sing, but no one in history was as talented in so many areas as Saint-Georges. For a time, he was the greatest fencer in the world. He was an exceptional violinist and along with his teacher, Gossec, he pioneered the composition of the String Quartet. Even Mozart came to Paris to study this new form of music. Saint-Georges was an unequaled equestrian, an exceptional marksman and an elegant dancer. The wealthy copied the way he dressed, and the common people admired him as he walked through the streets, and whispered his name. He was a true Renaissance man and a “super star” in the Paris of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
What is even more remarkable was the fact that he was a mulatto.
Om författaren
Walter Smith was born and raised
in Durham, North Carolina,
where he attended North Carolina Central
University, majoring in
French. There, he was a member of the
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. After
graduation, he moved to New York City. He taught French and Spanish in the NYC
Public Schools for several years. Later
he attended graduate school at Laval University,
in Quebec, Canada.
Having written a few short
stories, he moved Los Angeles to
try writing for television. After only
nine months, he was fortunate enough to land an assignment to write an episode
of the popular TV show, Good Times. Over the next few years, he wrote a story for
the sit-com, Different Strokes, which
was nominated for the Humanitas Award, and later, a
story for Magnum P.I. He is a member of the Writers Guild of
America and currently teaches high school French in Lynwood,
California.
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