Alfred de Martonne
Alfred de Martonne (born August 30, 1820 in Le Havre , † May 21, 1896 in Laval ) was a French medievalist, Romanist and writer.
Life
Martonne graduated from the École des Chartes in 1843 and was an archivist. From 1848 to 1849 he was a high school teacher in Draguignan , then department archivist, from 1854 to 1866 in Blois , from 1878 in Laval . As a poet he had a particular fondness for the sonnet , whose Provencal origins he was also interested in historically.
Alfred de Martonne was the son of Guillaume-François de Martonne .
Works (selection)
- Les Étoiles. Poèmes, Paris 1843-1846
- La piété du Moyen-Age, Paris 1855
- Les Amours de Ludwigg. Chaîne de sonnets, Paris 1874 (cf Jean Rousset, L'Intérieur et l'extérieur, Paris 1968, pp. 13–26)
- (Ed.) Le Sonnettiste. Recueil poétique et littéraire, Paris 1874-1878
- Le sonnet dans le Midi de la France, Aix-en-Provence 1891
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred de Martonne in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=1833
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martonne, Alfred de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French medievalist, Romanist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Havre |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1896 |
| Place of death | Laval |