José-Maria de Heredia

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José-Maria de Heredia

José-Maria de Heredia , originally José María de Heredia y Girard (born November 22, 1842 in Santiago de Cuba , Cuba , † October 2, 1905 in Bourdonné , Yvelines department ) was a French writer of Cuban origin.

Bust of Heredias in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris

Live and act

Heredia was the son of Domingo de Heredia, who came from a long-established Spanish family in Cuba and his second wife, Louise F. Girard, a French woman from Saint-Domingue. At the age of 17, Heredia came to Paris in 1859 and began studying at the École nationale des chartes . From 1901 he worked as a librarian at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal .

Heredia married Louise Despaigne in 1867 and had three daughters with her: Hélène, who later became the wife of the entomologist Maurice Maidron (1857-1911) and the literary historian René Doumic . The second daughter, Marie, who published as a writer under the pseudonym Gérard d'Houville and became the wife of the symbolist Henri de Régnier , and the third, Louise, who later became the wife of the writer Pierre Louÿs .

Heredia was naturalized in 1893 and was granted French citizenship. With effect from February 22, 1894, the Académie française Heredia took on as a member of Fauteuil 4 ("Seat No. 4"). He thus became the successor to Charles de Mazade . In 1906, a year after Heredia's death, the novelist Maurice Barrès succeeded him.

Heredia came into contact with the Parnassians through his friends Théodore de Banville and Charles Leconte de Lisle . At the latest with the appearance of his praised by literary criticism, with u. a. 118 sonnets , the collection of poems Les trophées , which encompasses almost all of his work , was one of them. Around 1900 his salon was considered one of the most important meeting places for Parisian literature.

reception

Henri de Régnier, Heredia's son-in-law, saw the work Les trophées as the most important link between the Parnassians and the Symbolists . Heredia was considered an unsurpassed master of the sonnet due to his security in style and subject .

Works (selection)

  • Les trophées . 1893
  • Poèsies complètes with notes and variants . 1924

literature

  • Miodrag Ibrovac: José-Maria de Heredia. Sa vie, son œuvre; documents inédits . Press française, Paris 1923.
  • Émile Moussat: Expliquez-moi les sonnets de José-Maria de Heredia . Foucher, Paris 1949.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yves Lecouturier: Célèbres de Normandie . Orep Editions, 2007, ISBN 978-2-915762-13-6 , pp. 18 (French).

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Heredia, José-Maria de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heredia y Girard, José-Maria de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer of Spanish origin
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Santiago de Cuba , Cuba
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1905
Place of death Bourdonné