Léocadie Salaün-Penquer

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Léocadie Salaün-Penquer , also Léocadie Hersent-Penquer (born February 14, 1817 at Château de Kerouartz in Lannilis ( Département Finistère ); † December 19, 1889 in Brest ) was a French writer.

Salaün-Penquer came from an old Breton family. Her father was the doctor Jacques Hersent and her maternal grandfather was General Marc-Antoine Coban (1763-1813).

Salaün-Penquer met the officer Victor Burle through her grandfather and married him around 1842. In 1849, at the age of 32, she married the doctor Auguste Salaün-Penquer for the second time on September 15, 1851. Salaün-Penquer settled with her husband in his hometown of Brest.

As often as she could, especially during the winter months, Salaün-Penquer was a regular guest in many Parisian salons . During these visits she met the writers José-Maria de Heredia , Victor Hugo , Alphonse de Lamartine and Charles Leconte de Lisle , among others . Hugo supported and encouraged her in her publications, and Leconte de Lisle paved her way to the other Parnassians . Today they are counted as part of this literary association.

Following the example of the Parisian salons, Salaün-Penquer also organized literary soirees in her house in Brest , where she read from her latest works - as in Paris. Together with her husband Auguste, who was Mayor of Brest from 1871 to 1881, she was one of the founders of the Musée des beaux-arts de Brest in 1875 .

When her husband Auguste died in 1882, she commissioned the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi to design the tomb. From then on she withdrew from social life and died seven weeks before her 72nd birthday on December 19, 1889 in Brest.

Works (selection)

Stories and poems
  • A propos des arbres du Luxembourg . 1866
  • Les chants du foyer . 1862
  • Mes nuits . 1891 (published posthumously)
  • La payse . 1888
  • Les révélations poétiques . 1864
  • Vélléda . 1868
Plays
  • Marcelline . 1870
  • L'œillet rose . 1874
  • Syndoryx. Le barde de Penmarc'h . 1870

literature

  • Auguste Bergot: Léocadie Salaün-Penquer . In: Cahier de l'Iroise . 1956.

Web links

Wikisource: Léocadie Hersent-Penquer  - Sources and full texts (French)
personal data
SURNAME Salaün-Penquer, Léocadie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hersent-Penquer, Léocadie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Lannilis
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1889
Place of death Brest