Léon Laurent-Pichat
Léon Laurent-Pichat , wrongly also Laurent Pichat , (born July 11, 1823 in Paris , † June 12, 1886 there ) was a French writer and politician.
Life
Laurent-Pichat spent his school days in a boarding school in Saint-Mandé and later switched to the Lycée Charlemagne . After graduating, he traveled to Italy, Greece and Syria with the sons of the school principal Julien Chevreau .
Laurent-Pichat was able to publish the experiences of his trip in 1844 with the help of Victor Hugo . Laurent-Pichat published many political articles about and after the February Revolution of 1848 ; mostly in the magazine "Propageteur de l'Aube". He made the acquaintance of Théophile Gautier , Arsène Houssaye and others through the responsible editor-in-chief Louis Ulbach and his collaboration on the literary magazine “ Revue des Deux Mondes ” . a. Parnassia . Adolphe Lemerre then included some of Laurent-Pichat's poems in the later famous anthology Le Parnasse contemporain .
Laurent-Pichat is still known today for his involvement in the scandal of 1857 when Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary appeared .
After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 Laurent-Pichat represented the Seine department in the Chamber of Deputies as a representative of the party l ' Union républicaine . The Third French Republic appointed Laurent-Pichat with effect from February 24, 1875 as "Senator inamovible" (Senator for life).
Four weeks before his 63rd birthday, Léon Laurent-Pichat died in Paris and found his final resting place in the Père Lachaise cemetery .
Works
- Novels
- La païenne. Novel . 1857
- La sibylle. Novel . 1857
- Gaston. Novel . 1860
- Poetry
- Avant les jours. Poésies . 1868
- Libres paroles. Poésies . 1847
- Les réveils. Poésies . 1880.
- Les voyageuses.Poésies . 1844 (with Henri Chevreau )
literature
- Jules Lermina: Dictionnaire universel illustré, biographique et bibliographique de la France contemporaire . Boulanger, Paris 1885, p. 877.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laurent-Pichat, Léon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pichat, Laurent (wrong name form) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1886 |
| Place of death | Paris |