Victor de Laprade
Pierre Martin Victor Richard de Laprade (born January 13, 1812 in Montbrison , † December 13, 1883 in Lyon ) was a French poet.
Life
Victor de Laprade studied law in Lyon and pursued a career as a lawyer. As a poet, he first made himself known through the Lamartine style poem Les parfums de Madeleine (1839).
The seals followed:
- La colère de Jésus (1840),
- Psyché (1841, 3rd ed. 1860),
- Odes et poëmes (1844),
- Poëmes évangéliques (1853),
- Les symphonies (1855) and
- Idylles héroïques (1858)
After he was appointed a member of the Académie française in 1858 , he published the following prose works:
- Questions d'art et de morale (1861);
- Les arbres du Luxembourg (1865);
- Le sentiment de la nature avant le christianisme (1866) and
- Prolégomènes (1883) and the corresponding script
- Le sentiment de la nature chez les modern (1867);
- L'éducation homicide (1867) and
- L'éducation liberale (1873); the excellent poetry
- Pernette (1868) and the tragedy
- Harmodius (1870);
- Contre la musique (1880);
- Essais de critique idéaliste (1882);
- Le livre d'un père (1876) et al
Laparde was considered Lamartine's successor among his compatriots . His monotonous poems are characterized by mysticism and idealism . He also used the satirical tone, especially in the Poëmes civiques (1873) and in the collection of poems Tribuns et courtisans (1875). A collection of his ŒOuvres poétiques was published in 6 volumes from 1878–1881.
From 1871 to 1873 Laprade was a member of the right-wing center of the National Assembly of Versailles .
literature
- Joseph Beech: L'école mystique de Lyon (1776-1847) . Alcan, Paris 1935.
- Condamin: La vie et les œuvres de Victor de Laprade . 1886.
- Edmond Biré: Victor de Laprade. Sa vie, et son œuvre . Perrin, Paris 1886.
- Guillaume A. Heinrich: Notice on Victor de Laprade . Assoc. Typographique, Lyon 1885.
- Camille Latreille: Victor de Laprade. 1812-1882 . Lyon 1912.
- Pierre Séchaud: Victor de Laprade. L'homme, son œuvre poètique . Picard, Paris 1934.
- Robert Strasser: Victor de Laprade. A poet of the Lyonnais . Tritsch, Würzburg 1938 (also dissertation, University of Tübingen 1938).
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laprade, Victor de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Laprade, Pierre Martin Victor Richard de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French poet and politician, member of the National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montbrison |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1883 |
| Place of death | Lyon |