Auguste Lacaussade (8 February 1815 – 31 July 1897) was a French poet who also worked as a translator and a librarian.
Auguste Lacaussade is a French mulatto born in
Saint-Denis (
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). Some of his works are on the theme of
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, such as ''Les Salaziennes'' (1839) or ''Le Lac des Goyaviers et le Piton d’Anchaine'' in ''Poèmes et Paysages'' (1897).
Selected works
Poems
* ''Les Salaziennes'' (1839)
* ''Poèmes et paysages'' (1852)
* ''Les Épaves'' (1861)
Songs
* ''Mon Etoile'' (1842) (feat. D. José Jesús Pérez, composer)
* ''La Voix de mes jours passés'' (1844) (feat. Peppe Gambogi, composer)
References
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People from Réunion of French descent
Writers from Réunion
Poets from Réunion
People from Saint-Denis, Réunion
19th-century French poets
19th-century male writers
1815 births
1897 deaths
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