André Lemoyne
Camille-André Lemoyne (* 1822 in Saint-Jean d'Angély , Département Charente-Maritime ; † 1907 ) was a French lawyer and poet.
André Lemoyne studied law at the Sorbonne in Paris and, after successful completion there as a lawyer admitted. His first literary publications date from this time.
When the Second Republic was proclaimed after the revolution , Lemoyne gave up his office and devoted himself only to literature. From 1848 he earned his living as a typesetter in the printing house of Firmin Didot .
From 1856 Lemoyne was able to regularly publish his poems in various magazines (mostly in the feature pages ). Collected they appeared in 1860 under the titles "Stella Maris", "Ecce Homo" and "Renoncement". They have received great praise from official literary criticism as well as from its readers and have been awarded a prize by the Académie française .
Works (selection)
- Les sauterelles de Jean de Saintonge . 1863.
- Les roses d'Antan . 1865–69 (2 vol.)
- Les charmeuses . 1867.
- Une idylle normande. Novel . 1874.
- Alise d'Evran. Novel . 1876.
- Poésies . 1883–85 (collection in 2 vols.).
Web links
- Literature by André Lemoyne in the catalog of the Berlin State Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lemoyne, André |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lemoyne, Camille-André (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French lawyer and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Jean d'Angély , Charente-Maritime department |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1907 |