Alexandre Cosnard
Alexandre Cosnard (* 1802 in Falaise , Département Calvados , † around 1880 in Paris ) was a French writer and administrator.
Cosnard came to Paris early. There he also studied and then got a job in the city administration. Cosnard experienced the high point of his career there when he was appointed head of department.
He was friends a. with Antony and Émile Deschamps , with whom he shared his enthusiasm for modern literature. With the help of Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve , he made the acquaintance of other Parnassians and later the publisher Alphonse Lemerre invited him to work on the later famous anthology Le Parnasse contemporain .
When his wife and their two children died in 1842, Cosnard addressed his pain and grief in the melancholy cycle of poems "Tumulus".
Works
- Posthuma . 1870
- Le sultan Adab et les Bossu . 1863
- Le sultan bossu. Féerie . 1863
- Tumulus. Poésies . 1843
literature
- Émile Deschamps: Alexandree Cosnard. Portrait .
- Alphonse Lemerre: Le Parnasse contemporain .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cosnard, Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and administrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Falaise , Calvados department |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1880 |
| Place of death | Paris |