André Theuriet

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André Theuriet (1894)

André Theuriet (born October 8, 1833 in Marly-le-Roi , Yvelines department , † April 23, 1907 in Bourg-la-Reine , Hauts-de-Seine department ) was a French poet, novelist and playwright.

Live and act

Theuriet spent his school days in Bar-le-Duc and then began studying law at the Sorbonne in Paris . After its successful graduation, he got a job in the Ministry of Finance. At the age of 29 he accepted a position at the University of Tours and taught there until 1863.

During his studies he made the acquaintance of various Parnassians , to which he is also counted today. In 1867 Theuriet made a successful debut with an anthology of his own poems (“Chemin des bois”) and in the end his oeuvre comprised 226 works. Almost all of his first poems had already been published in various magazines; many in the Revue des Deux Mondes .

In 1886 Theuriet retired with the rank of head of department and from that time worked only literary. In 1890 the Académie française honored him with the "Prix Vitet". When Alexandre Dumas the Younger died in 1895, the Académie française Theuriet accepted as its successor (Armchair 2) the following year. The writer Jean Richepin became Theuriet's successor in 1908.

reception

Grave in Bourg-la-Reine

In addition to his lyrical work, theuriet's novels with regional references take up a large part; Novels about Bar-le-Duc (22), the land of Auberive (13), Touraine and Poitou (10), Savoy (10) and Argonne (8).

Works

  • L'oncle Scipion . 1890
  • Mademoiselle Guignon (1874) serialized novel

Publications

poetry

  • The way of the woods. Poems and poetry . (1867)
  • The blue and the black. Real life poems . (1873)
  • The book payse. New poetry . (1883)
  • Our birds (1886)

Novels and essays

  • The marriage of Gérard . (1875)
  • The Maugars threads . (1879)
  • The house two barbeaux . (1879)
  • Sauvageonne . (1880)
  • Gertrude's secret . (1885)
  • Tales of the forest . (1888)
  • Queen of woods . (1890)
  • The abbot Daniel . (1893)
  • The refuge . (1898)
  • Quiet villa (1899)
  • The Canon’s Manuscript . (1902)
  • Colette . (posthumously 1908)
  • The chanoinesse (date unknown: published in 1930 by Nelson Editions)

Stage plays

  • Jean-Marie. Drama in 1 action in versus Paris . Théâtre Odéon , October 11, 1871.
  • The house two barbeaux. Comedy in 3 acts . (in collaboration with Henri Lyon), Paris, Odéon-Théâtre Europe, February 4, 1885.
  • Raymonde, comedy in 3 acts . (in collaboration with Eugène Morand), Paris, Comédie French, May 28, 1887.
  • Maugars, piece in 4 acts . (in collaboration with Georges Loiseau), Paris, Odéon-Théâtre Europe, October 1, 1901.

Translations

literature

  • Theuriet, Claude Adhémar André . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 26 : Submarine Mines - Tom-Tom . London 1911, p. 844 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
  • Karl Weiss: The landscape description in André Theuriet . Dissertation, Rostock 1933.

Web links

Wikisource: André Theuriet  - Sources and full texts (French)
personal data
SURNAME Theuriet, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French poet, novelist and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Marly-le-Roi , Yvelines department
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1907
Place of death Bourg-la-Reine , Hauts-de-Seine department