Saint-Cyr de Rayssac
Saint-Cyr de Rayssac , origin. Saint-Cyr-Marie-Joseph de Rayssac , (born October 3, 1837 in Castres , Tarn , † May 15, 1874 in Paris ) was a French writer.
De Rayssac actually came from a humble background, but under the aegis of the citizen king Ludwig Philip I , many families rose up in society. De Rayssac's father made a career in the state postal administration and was therefore able to enable his son to study in Paris.
De Rayssac was soon able to make his debut there with a few poems, but these publications hardly attract a reader. The literary critic Hippolyte Babou was one of the first to recognize de Rayssac's abilities and then to encourage him. Even Charles Baudelaire met him and introduced him to the Parnassiens known; but also with Alphonse Lemerre , who then asked de Rayssac to work on the anthology Le Parnasse contemporain , which later became famous .
De Rayssac's wife, Berthe de Rayssac, became the godmother of the later composer Ernest Chausson and had a great influence on him. In the later salon she was just as regularly present as u. a. Jules Massenet , one of Chausson's teachers.
At the age of less than 37, Saint-Cyr de Rayssac died of consumption in Paris on May 15, 1874 .
Works (selection)
- À Alfred de Musset . 1868
- Poésies . 1877 (published posthumously by Hippolyte Babou)
literature
- Alphonse Lemerre: Le Parnasse contemporain
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rayssac, Saint-Cyr de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castres |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1874 |
| Place of death | Paris |