Philippe Godet
Philippe Ernest Godet (born April 23, 1850 in Neuchâtel ; † September 27, 1922 there ) was a Swiss writer .
Life
Philippe Godet was the son of the theologian Frédéric Godet , whose biography he published in 1913. He studied law in Neuchâtel, Basel, Berlin and Paris.
From 1873 to 1881 he worked as a lawyer and also wrote for various newspapers. From 1881 to 1907 he taught French literature at the secondary school for girls, from 1892 (until 1922) also at the grammar school and from 1900 at the Académie (which later became the University of Neuchâtel ).
Self-author of poems and plays, he became known as a leading literary historian and critic of French-speaking Switzerland. Posthumously in 1923 he was awarded the Great Schiller Prize by the Swiss Schiller Foundation, honoring the life's work of Swiss writers from all four national languages.
His son Marcel Godet was director of the Swiss National Library from 1909 to 1945 .
Works
- Les réalités . Poésies. Berthoud, Neuchâtel 1887
- Etudes et causeries . Fischbacher, Paris 1889
- Histoire littéraire de la Suisse française . Delachaux & Niestle / Fischbacher, Neuchâtel / Paris 1890
- Art et patrie. Auguste Bachelin d'après son œuvre et sa correspondance . Attinger, Neuchâtel 1893
- Le coeur et les yeux . Poésies. Berthoud, Neuchâtel 1895
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Janie. Idylle musicale en trois actes . Musique de Émile Jaques-Dalcroze . Attinger, Neuchâtel no year (around 1895)
- German edition: Janie. Musical idyll in 3 acts . Fritzsch, Leipzig undated (around 1896)
- Neuchâtel suisse. Cinquantenaire de la république Neuchâteloise . Pièce historique en un prologue et douze tableaux. Avec intermèdes musicaux par Joseph Lauber . Delachaux & Niestle, Neuchâtel 1898
- Le peintre Albert de Meuron d'après sa correspondance avec sa famille et ses amis . Attinger, Neuchâtel 1901
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Madame de Charrière et ses amis, d'après de nombreux documents inédits (1740-1805) avec portraits, vues, autographes, etc. 2 volumes. Jullien, Geneva 1906
- Abridged new edition in one volume by Gabrielle Godet. Attinger, Paris 1927
- Frédéric Godet (1812-1900). D'après sa correspondance et d'autres documents inédits . Orné d'un portrait hors texte et de 32 gravures. Attinger, Neuchâtel 1913
- Historiettes de chez nous. Suivies de Chez Victor Hugo . Delachaux & Niestle, Neuchâtel 1923
- Souvenirs de jeunesse. Neuchâtel, Stuttgart, Bâle, Berlin, Paris, 1850–1874 . Delachaux & Niestle, Neuchâtel 1928
Fonts
- Paul Robert. In: Schweizer Illustrierte , Vol. 2, 1898, pp. 178–185.
bibliography
- Claude Bodinier, Le rayonnement de Philippe Godet. Neuchâtel, Éditions de la Baconnière, 1975.
Web links
- Literature by and about Philippe Godet in the catalog of the German National Library
- Daniel Maggetti: Godet, Philippe. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Madame de Charrière et ses amis 1906
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Godet, Philippe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Godet, Philippe Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuchâtel (city) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1922 |
| Place of death | Neuchâtel (city) |