François Paul Étienne Azéma (15 January 1778 – 28 August 1851 in
Saint-Denis, Réunion
Saint-Denis (, , unofficially Saint-Denis de La Réunion for disambiguation; ) is the prefecture (administrative capital) of the French overseas department and region of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. It is located at the island's northernmos ...
, on the island of
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
) was a French poet, playwright, and writer of
fable
Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a particular mo ...
s. He was a magistrate, delegated to the island by the Ministre de la Marine, and as a writer was well known for his play ''Médée''. He was a descendant of
Jean-Baptiste Azéma, a former governor of the island; he was the father of
Georges Azéma
Georges Azéma (died May 9, 1864) was a French historian from Réunion. Son of the writer Étienne Azéma and brother to the doctor Mazaé Azéma, his son Henri was also a doctor; his grandfather Jean-Baptiste Azéma had briefly served as gove ...
, a historian, and
Mazaé Azéma, a doctor. His grandson was the doctor
Henri Azéma; other descendants include the poet
Jean-Henri Azéma
Jean-Henri Azéma, called Jean Azéma (28 December 1913 – 13 October 2000) was a French poet of Réunionnais origin. Born in Saint-Denis, he died in Buenos Aires, where he had fled after collaborating with the Nazis during World War II. His s ...
and the historian
Jean-Pierre Azéma
Jean-Pierre Azéma (born 1937) is a French historian.
Azéma is a member of the scientific counsel for the Institut François Mitterrand, an organisation founded by François Mitterrand with the goal of "contributing to the propagation of knowled ...
. He was made Chevalier of the
Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...
in 1850.
culture.gouv.fr : certificate of the legion of honour
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People from Réunion of French descent
Writers from Réunion
Poets from Réunion
19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
People from Saint-Denis, Réunion
1778 births
1851 deaths
19th-century French poets
French fabulists
Dramatists and playwrights from Réunion
African poets
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