Claude Adhémar André Theuriet (; 8 October 1833 in
Marly-le-Roi
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Marly-le-Roi was the location of the Château de Marly, t ...
– 23 April 1907 in
Bourg-la-Reine
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History
In 1792, during the French Revolution, Bourg-la-Reine (meaning "Town of the Queen") was renamed Bourg-l'Égalité (meani ...
) was a 19th-century French poet and novelist.
Life
Theuriet was born at Marly-le-Roi (
Seine et Oise), and was educated at
Bar-le-Duc
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The lower, more modern and busier part of the town extends along a narrow valley, sh ...
in his mother's province of
Lorraine
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.
Theuriet studied law in Paris and joined the public service, attaining the rank of ''chef de bureau'', before his retirement during 1886. He published during 1867 the ''Chemin des bois'', a volume of poems, many of which had been published already in the ''
Revue des Deux Mondes
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''; ''Le bleu et le noir, poèmes de la vie réelle'' (1874), ''Nos oiseaux'' (1886), and other volumes followed.
M. Theuriet gives natural, simple description of rustic and especially of woodland life, and
Théophile Gautier
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.
While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rem ...
compared him to Shakespeare's
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of the
forest of Arden
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. The best of his novels are those that deal with provincial and country life.
Theuriet received during 1890 the ' from the
Académie française
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, of which he became a member during 1896. He died on 23 April 1907, and was succeeded at the Academy by
Jean Richepin
Jean Richepin (; 4 February 1849 – 12 December 1926) was a French poet, novelist and dramatist.
Biography
Son of an army doctor, Jean Richepin was born 4 February 1849 at Médéa, French Algeria.
At school and at the École Normale Supér ...
.
He was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur during 1879, and was made an Officier de la Légion d'honneur during 1895.
His grandson
André Theuriet
Claude Adhémar André Theuriet (; 8 October 1833 in Marly-le-Roi – 23 April 1907 in Bourg-la-Reine) was a 19th-century French poet and novelist.
Life
Theuriet was born at Marly-le-Roi ( Seine et Oise), and was educated at Bar-le-Duc in his ...
became a versatile sportsman mostly known as an international rugby union player and swimmer.
[André THEURIET (1887–1965)]
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Bibliography
* ''Le mariage de Gérard'' (1875)
* ''Raymonde'' (1877)
* ''Le fils Maugars'' (1879)
* ''La maison des Deux Barbeaux'' (1879)
* ''Sauvageonne'' (1880)
* ''Reine des bois'' (1890)
* ''Villa tranquille'' (1899)
* ''Le manuscrit du chanoine'' (1902)
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1833 births
1907 deaths
People from Marly-le-Roi
Members of the Académie Française
19th-century French poets
19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
French male poets
Members of the Ligue de la patrie française
19th-century French male writers