Auguste Vacquerie (1819–1895) was a French

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and man of letters.

Biography

Vacquerie was born at

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) on 19 November 1819. He was from his earliest days an admirer of

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, with whom he was connected by the marriage of his brother

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with

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. His earlier romantic productions include a volume of poems, ''L'Enfer de l'esprit'' (1840); a translation of the ''

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'' (1844) in collaboration with

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; and ''Tragaldabas'' (1848), a

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. He was one of the principal contributors to the journal ''L'Événement'' and followed Hugo into his exile in

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in 1852, where he took photographs of the Hugo family and relatives. In 1869 he returned to Paris, and with Meurice and others founded the anti-imperial ''Rappel''. His articles in this paper were more than once the occasion of legal proceedings. After 1870 he became editor of ''Rappel''. His other works include ''Souvent homme varie'' (1859), a comedy in verse; ''Jean Baudry'' (1863), the most successful of his plays; ''Aujourd'hui et demain'' (1875); ''Futura'' (pub. 1900), and poems on philosophical and humanitarian subjects. He published a collected edition of his plays in 1879 and a collection of essays in 1885. Auguste Vacquerie portrait

Vacquerie died in Paris on 19 February 1895. In the year of his death, the rue Auguste-Vacquerie, in the

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, was named in his honor.

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