Maurice de Guérin
Maurice de Guérin (born August 4, 1810 in Cayla Castle near Andillac , † July 19, 1839 ibid) was a French writer.
Maurice de Guérin grew up in a Catholic family on his father's estate. He aspired to an ecclesiastical career when he attended the Collège Stanislas in Paris in 1824 , where he met Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly . He gave up his studies at the Collège Stanislas , first studied law, then turned to journalism and published in the Revue Européenne and in L'Avenir .
In July 1830, during the July Revolution , de Guérin was back in Cayla, where he met Louise de Bayne, to whom he dedicated some poems. He joined Félicité de Lamennais in Brittany . There he met Hippolyte de la Morvonnais and noted in his diary Le Cahier Vert some of the discussions he followed at Lemennais. In 1835 he returned to Paris, where he learned of the death of Frau Morvonnais' and dedicated Page sans titre to her. During his time in Paris, when he actively participated in the Parisian salon life, he wrote Le Centaure , La Bacchante , Glaucus and La Délivrande .
In November 1838, de Guérin married Caroline de Gervain, but fell ill with tuberculosis a little later . He returned to Cayla, where he died on July 19, 1839.
literature
- Manfred Müller: Maurice de Guérin, Méditation sur la mort de Marie. Aesthetics and experience . In: German-French Institute Ludwigsburg (ed.): Germany - France. Ludwigsburg Contributions to the Problem of Franco-German Relations , Vol. 2 (= publications of the German-French Institute Ludwigsburg eV Volume 2), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1957, pp. 169–175.
Web links
- Literature by and about Maurice de Guérin in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guérin, Maurice de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cayla Castle near Andillac |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1839 |
| Place of death | Cayla Castle near Andillac |