Pierre-Jacques-René Denne-Baron
Pierre-Jacques-René Denne-Baron (born September 6, 1780 in Paris , † June 5, 1854 ibid) was a French writer .
Denne-Baron was the son of a wealthy family, and apart from philological studies he devoted himself to his passion for poetry . He translated poems by Properz and fragments from Virgil , Marcus Annaeus Lucanus and Claudian into verse , and into prose he translated works by Anakreon , Properz and other poets.
Denne-Baron also left a number of his own poems , such as:
- Héro et Léandre after Johann Karl August Musäus (1806)
- La nymph Pyrene (1823)
- the Fleurs poétiques collection of idylls (1825).
He was a key contributor to the Dictionnaire de la conversation . He died impoverished in Paris.
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SURNAME | Denne-Baron, Pierre-Jacques-René |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1780 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1854 |
Place of death | Paris |