Pierre Marie Jeanne Alexandre Thérèse Guiraud better known as Alexandre Guiraud (24 December 1788 – 24 February 1847) was a French poet, dramatic author and novelist.
Biography
Guiraud was born in
Limoux
Limoux (; oc, Limós ) is a commune and subprefecture in the Aude department, a part of the ancient Languedoc province and the present-day Occitanie region in southern France. Its vineyards are famous for being first to produce sparkling w ...
,
Aude, the son of a rich cloth merchant. He studied at the ''École de droit'' de
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...
where he created a "Gymnase littéraire". He made frequent trips to Paris where the success of his poetry opened the doors to the
Académie française to which he was elected against
Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (; 21 October 179028 February 1869), was a French author, poet, and statesman who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the Tricolore as the flag of France. ...
in 1826. He was named Baron by
Charles X
Charles X (born Charles Philippe, Count of Artois; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to reigning kings Louis XVI and Lou ...
in 1827 in reward for his contribution to the opera ''Pharamond''. He was the author of many
elegiac The adjective ''elegiac'' has two possible meanings. First, it can refer to something of, relating to, or involving, an elegy or something that expresses similar mournfulness or sorrow. Second, it can refer more specifically to poetry composed in ...
poems as well as
tragedies
Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy ...
and
novels. He died in
Paris
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.
Works
*''Élégies savoyardes'' (1822)
*''Les Machabées, ou le Martyre, tragédie en 5 actes'', Paris,
Théâtre de l'Odéon, 14 June 1822
*''Le Comte Julien, ou l'Expiation, tragédie en 5 actes'', Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 12 April 1823
*''Cadix ou la délivrance de l'Espagne'' (1823)
*''Chants hellènes, Byron, Ipsara'' (1824)
*''Poèmes et chants élégiaques'' (1824)
*''Pharamond, poème de MM. Ancelot, Guiraud, et Soumet, musique de MM. Boieldieu, Berton et Kreutzer'', Paris,
Académie royale de musique
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, 10 June 1825
*''Le Prêtre'' (1826)
*''Virginie, tragédie en 5 actes et en vers'', Paris,
Théâtre-Français, 28 April 1827
*''Césaire, révélation'' (2 vol.) (1830)
*''La Communion du duc de Bordeaux'' (1832)
*''Les Deux Princes'' (1832)
*''De la Vérité dans le système représentatif'' (1834)
*''Flavien, ou De Rome au désert'' (3 vol.) (1835)
*''Poésies dédiées à la jeunesse'' (1836)
*''Philosophie catholique de l'histoire, ou l'Histoire expliquée ; introduction renfermant l'histoire de la création universelle'' (3 vol.) (1839–41)
*''Le Cloître de Villemartin, poésie'' (1843)
*''Œuvres complètes'' (4 vol.) (1845)
References
* Alexandre Guiraud. (2007, février 25). Wikipedia, l'encyclopédie libre. Page consultée le 17:55, mars 30, 2007 à partir d
External links
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1788 births
1847 deaths
People from Limoux
19th-century French poets
19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
Members of the Académie Française
French male poets
19th-century French male writers