Émile Faguet
Émile Faguet (born December 17, 1847 in La Roche-sur-Yon , Département Vendée , † June 7, 1916 in Paris ) was a French literary critic and writer.
Life
Faguet received his education at the Lycée Charlemagne in Paris and later switched to the École normal supérieure . He then worked for some time as a teacher in La Rochelle ( Charente-Maritime ) and Bordeaux ( Gironde department ). He later accepted a position in Moulins ( Allier department ).
In 1900 the Académie française Faguet elected to succeed the late Victor Cherbuliez and took him into their ranks (armchair 3). As a result of the First World War , he was not followed until 1918 by the politician Georges Clemenceau .
Faguet married Suzanne Travichon in Paris in 1916, but died that same year. He found his final resting place in the Montparnasse cemetery .
Works (selection)
- L'anticléricalisme . Paris 1906
- Emile Zola . Paris 1903.
- Gustave Flaubert . Paris 1899.
- Histoire de la littérature française depuis XVIIe siècle jusqu'a nos jours
- Questions politiques . Paris 1899.
- Vie de Jean-Jacques Rousseau . Paris 1911.
literature
- André Chaumeix : Discours de réception à l'académie française . Paris 1931.
- A. Séche: Émile Faguet . Sansot, Paris 1904.
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faguet, Émile |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French literary critic and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1916 |
| Place of death | Paris |