Saint-René Taillandier (16 December 1817 – 22 February 1879) was a French writer and critic.

Life

Taillandier was born René Gaspard Ernest Taillandier, in Paris. He completed his studies in

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, and then became professor of literature successively in

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and at the Sorbonne, where he was nominated to the chair of French eloquence in 1868. Most of the articles included in his published volumes first appeared in the ''

Revue des deux mondes The ''Revue des deux Mondes'' (, ''Review of the Two Worlds'') is a monthly French-language literary, cultural and current affairs magazine that has been published in Paris since 1829. According to its website, "it is today the place for debates a ...

''. In January 1870 he became general secretary of the ministry of education, and continued in this office after the fall of the Empire. He became officer of the

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in 1870, and was elected to the

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in 1873. He died in Paris. His works include ''Allemagne et Russie, études historiques et litteraires'' (1856), ''Le Poète du Caucase, Michel Lermontoff'' (1856), ''Maurice de Saxe'' (2 vols. 1865), ''Tchèques et Magyars'' (1869), ''Le Général Philippe de Ségur'' (1875).

References

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