梅裏美生於法國巴黎壹個知識分子家庭，家境富裕。1819年他進入巴黎大學學習法律同時通曉掌握了英語，西班牙語，意大利語，俄語，希臘語與拉丁語。並對古典文學哲學和各國的神秘思想多有涉獵。大學畢業後，他在商業部任職，工作之余經常出入文學團體，結識了司湯達、
夏多布裏昂作家，自己也開始將寫作作為業余愛好。1829年他發表了長篇小說《查理九世時代軼事》，內容為“聖巴托羅繆之夜”。
梅裏美終身衣食無憂，學識淵博，是法國現實主義文學中鮮有的學者型作家。他文字底蘊深厚，雖然不具備司湯達、巴爾紮克等人的銳利批判鋒芒，但他在小說中將瑰麗的異域風光，引人入勝的故事情節和性格不循常規的人物結合起來，形成鮮明的畫面，是法國現實主義文學中難得壹見的手筆，所以僅以十幾個短篇就奠定了在法國文學史上頗高的地位。他的代表作《卡門》經法國音樂家比才改編成同名歌劇而取得世界性聲譽，“卡門”這壹形象亦成為西方文學史上的壹個典型。
General Speer ? Merimee (1803-1870) was a man of romanticism and realism of character writer, he wrote poetry, plays and historical novels, short stories, but mainly in the winning position in the history of literature.
Merimee was born in an intellectual family in Paris, his family was wealthy. In 1819 he entered the University of Paris to study law at the same time familiar to master English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Greek and Latin. Classical literature and philosophy and mystical thought and more countries are covered. After graduation, he worked in the Department of Commerce, literary groups frequented after work, met Stendhal,
Chateaubriand writer, she also began writing as a hobby. In 1829 he published a novel, "Charles IX era of anecdotes," content "Shengbatuoluo Miao Night."
Merimee enough to live comfortably for life, learned, in the French Realism rare scholarly writer. Deep inside his characters, though not with Stendhal, Balzac and others sharp critical edge, but he will be magnificent in the novel and exotic scenery, interesting story and character that do not follow the conventional characters combine to form a distinct screen, is a French literary realism reverberates in the rare, so only a dozen short stories to literary history in France, laid the high position. His masterpiece "Carmen" by French musicians Bizet opera adaptation of the same name acquired a worldwide reputation, "Carmen" this image has become a classic of Western literature.