Henri Longnon
Henri Longnon (born February 15, 1882 , † April 21, 1964 ) was a French Romanist , Italianist , archivist and translator.
life and work
Longnon received his doctorate in 1904 at the École nationale des chartes with a thesis on Pierre de Ronsard . He belonged to the circle of Charles Maurras and to Action française . For many years he was archivist at the Académie française , which awarded several of his works with prizes. His translation of the Divine Comedy by Dante and his participation (together with Marcel Bouteron ) in the 40-volume edition of the works of Honoré de Balzac are important .
Henri Longnon was the son of Auguste Longnon and the brother of the historian Jean Longnon (1887–1979).
Works
- Le Château de Rambouillet , Paris, Laurens, 1909, 1925.
- Pierre de Ronsard. Essai de biographie, les ancêtres, la jeunesse , Paris, Champion, 1912; Geneva, Slatkine, 1975.
- (Ed. With Marcel Bouteron ) Œuvres complètes de Honoré de Balzac , 40 vols., Paris, Conard, 1912–1940.
- (Ed.) La Fleur des poésies de Pierre de Ronsard , 4 vols., Paris, Cité des livres, 1923.
- (Reteller) Les Plus belles histoires de messire Jean Froissart , mises en nouveau langage , Paris, Cité des livres, 1925, 1931.
- (Ed.) Poésies de Jean du Bellay , Paris, Cité des livres, 1927.
- (Ed.) Jean Du Bellay, Choix de poèmes , Lyon, IAC, 1944.
- (Reteller) La Vie du saint roi Louis, dictée et faite écrire par Jean, seigneur de Joinville , et mise en nouveau langage , Paris, Cité des livres, 1928.
- (Ed.) Les dames galantes de Brantôme , 2 vols., Paris, Cité des livres, 1928.
- (Translator) La divine comédie de Dante , 4 vols., Paris, Cité des livres, 1931–1934.
- (Ed. And translator) Dante, La divine comédie , Paris, Garnier, 1938, 1951, 1959, 1980, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1999 (Classiques Garnier).
- (Ed.) Agrippa d'Aubigné , Choix de poèmes , Lyon, IAC, 1947.
- (Ed.) Henri de Valenciennes , Histoire de l'Empereur Henri de Constantinople , Paris, Geuthner, 1948.
- (Ed.) Contes de France et de Terre Sainte aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles, par un ménestrel , Lyon, IAC, 1949.
literature
- François Hallopeau, À la recherche de Ronsard, avec Henri Longnon, par les trous du manteau , Vendôme, Libraidisque, 1985.
- Albert Marty, L'Action française racontée par elle-même , Paris, Nouvelles éditions latines, 1986 (pp. 46, 465).
Web links
- Literature by and about Henri Longnon in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Information on Henri Longnon in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- http://www.parisenimages.fr/fr/galerie-collections/26303-8-henri-longnon-historien-ecrivain-francais (photo)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Longnon, Henri |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Romanist, Italianist, archivist and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1882 |
DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1964 |