Antony Deschamps
Antony Deschamps , origin. Antoine-François-Marie Deschamps de Saint-Amand , (born March 12, 1800 in Paris , † October 29, 1869 in Passy ), was a French poet and translator.
Deschamps was the younger brother of the writer Émile Deschamps (1791–1871). Like his brother, Deschamps is one of the Parnassians . He achieved his literary breakthrough in 1829 with his translation of Dante Alighieri's Divina Commedia .
Two years later Deschamps could no longer build on this success with his "Satires politiques". The style of his poetry was seen by official literary criticism as "too pathos-rich ".
By 1840 at the latest, Deschamps suffered from a mental illness, the cause of which is said to have been in his youth. In 1839 he was able to publish the last “Résignation”. His brother Émile helped him with his literary work for the next few years, but after 1840 Deschamps stopped publishing and withdrew from the public.
The two Deschamps brothers, as romantics, are also part of the Parnassian community and published a lot in the magazine "La Muse française" founded by Émile and Victor Hugo
Works (selection)
- as translator
- Dante Alighieri: Divine Comedy
- Poetry
- Dernières paroles . 1835
- Les Italiennes . 1831
- Resignation . 1839
- Satires . 1834
- Satires politiques . 1831
literature
- Jules Marsan: La bataille romantique . Hachette, Paris 1912/14 (2 vol.)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deschamps, Antony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1869 |
| Place of death | Passy |