Jean Aicard
Jean François Victor Aicard (born February 4, 1848 in Toulon , † May 13, 1921 in Paris ) was a French poet , novelist and playwright .
He became particularly famous for his work Maurin des Maures , published in 1908 .
Aicard was elected a member of the Académie française in 1909 and an officer of the Legion of Honor in 1901 .
The writer's literary estate is in the Archives of the City of Toulon.
Works
- poetry
- Les Rebellions et les apaisements (1871)
- Les Poèmes de Provence (1874)
- La Chanson des enfants (1876)
- Miette et Note (1880)
- Le Livre d'heures de l'amour (1887)
- Roi de Camargue (1890)
- Jésus (1896)
- Novels and short stories
- Notre-Dame-d'Amour (1896). Online text: [1]
- L'Âme d'un enfant (1898)
- Tatas (1901)
- Benjamine (1906)
- La Vénus de Milo (1874)
- Maurin des Maures (1908)
- Plays
- Pygmalion . 1878 (based on Jean-Jacques Rousseau )
- Othello ou le More de Venise . 1881 (based on William Shakespeare )
- Le Père Lebonnard (1889)
Web links
Grave in Toulon
Commons : Jean Aicard - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Jean Aicard - Sources and full texts (French)
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Reference in the database of the Legion of Honor , accessed on March 25, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aicard, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aicard, Jean François Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French poet, novelist and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulon |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1921 |
| Place of death | Paris |