Jean Pons Viennet
Jean Pons Guillaume Viennet (born November 18, 1777 in Béziers , Hérault department , † July 10, 1868 in Le Val-Saint-Germain , Essonne department ) was a French soldier , politician and writer .
Life
Viennet was the son of Jacques Joseph Viennet , the future priest Louis Esprit Viennet was his brother.
Viennet made a career as a soldier and made it to the position of officer in the general staff of Napoléon Bonaparte . By publishing his satire Épître aux chiffonniers , Viennet gambled away his military career and left the army.
Viennet retreated to the south of France, where a relative, Joseph Barthélémy Viennet, had acquired the Château de Raissac in the summer of 1828 . Politically interested, he represented his homeland as a member of parliament, and he also published his works in quick succession.
As the successor to Louis-Philippe de Ségur , the Académie française made Viennet its member in 1830 (Fauteuil 22); the climax of his political career reached in 1839 with his appointment as peer of France .
Viennet was a member of the Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques founded by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais in 1777 and was its president between 1841 and 1843. Relieved in this position by Charles-Guillaume Étienne , he followed that post again in 1845. In 1847 Pierre-Antoine Lebrun succeeded Viennet and after Victor Hugo , Viennet took over this office for the last time in 1849/52.
Jean Pons Viennet died on July 10, 1868 at the age of 90.
Viennet's literary work ranges from satires and heroic poems, in which the heroes of the time (Napoleon) are sung about, to tragedies in the classical style , in which he paid homage to the ancient heroes ( Alexander the Great and others). More than his plays - most of which premiered at the Théatre français (Paris) - his historical novels and fables were praised by the public.
Works
- Épître aux chiffonniers (1827)
- Epîtres et satires (1845)
- Fables (1865)
- L'Austerlide suivi de "la mort de Henri le Grand " . Nicolle, Paris 1808.
- Marengo
- Le siège de Damas. Poème en 5 chants . Dupont & Roret, Paris 1825.
- La Philippide . Edition Dupont, Paris 1828 (poem about Philippe Auguste )
- La Franciade. Poème en 10 chants . Paris 1863.
- Clovis. Tragédie en 5 actes . Paris 1820.
- Alexandre
- Achille (1813)
- Promenades philosophiques au Père-Lachaise (1824, 2nd edition 1855)
- La tour de Montlhéry . Histoire du XII. siècle Paris 1833 (2 vol.).
- Castel Sant'Angelo . 15th century novel (“Le château Saint-Ange”). Hornmeyer, Braunschweig 1833 (3 vol.).
- Histoire de la puissance pontificale . Paris 1866 (2 vols.).
- Histoire des guerres de la révolution . Paris 1827.
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Viennet, Jean Pons |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Viennet, Jean Pons Guillaume (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beziers |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1868 |
| Place of death | Le Val-Saint-Germain |