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Xavier Marmier (; 22 June 180812 October 1892) was a French author born in
Pontarlier
Pontarlier ( ; Latin: ''Ariolica'') is a commune and one of the two sub-prefectures of the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France near the Swiss border.
History
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, in Doubs
Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.Switzerland, Belgium and the 
In 1870 he was elected to the
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, he was attached in 1835 to the Arctic expedition of the ''Recherche''; and after a couple of years at Rennes as professor of foreign literature, he visited (1842) Russia, (1845) Syria, (1846) Algeria
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, (1848–1849) North America and South America, and numerous volumes from his pen were the result.
In 1870 he was elected to the Academy
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...
(Seat 31), and he was for many years prominently identified with the Sainte-Geneviève library. He did much to encourage the study of Scandinavian literature
Scandinavian literature or Nordic literature is the literature in the languages of the Nordic countries of Northern Europe. The Nordic countries include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway (including Svalbard), Sweden, and Scandinavia's assoc ...
in France, publishing translations of Holberg, Oehlenschlager and others. He died in Paris in 1892.
Works
* 1833: ''Pierre, ou les suites de l'ignorance'' * 1833-1837: ''Choix de par''aboles de Krummacher'', 2 vol. * 1837: ''Lettres sur l'Islande'' * 1838: ''Langue et littérature islandaises. Histoire de l'Islande depuis sa découverte jusqu'à nos jours'' * 1839: ''Histoire de la littérature en Danemark et en Suède '' * 1840: ''Lettres sur le Nord'', 2 vol. * 1841: ''Souvenirs de voyages et traditions populaires'' * 1842: ''Chants populaires du Nord. Lettres sur la Hollande'' * 1844: ''Poésies d'un voyageur. Relation des voyages de la commission scientifique du Nord'', 2 vol. * 1845: ''Nouveaux souvenirs de voyages en Franche-Comté'' * 1847: ''Du Rhin au Nil'', 2 vol. ''Lettres sur l'Algérie'' * 1848: ''Lettres sur la Russie, la Finlande et la Pologne'', 2 vol. * 1851: ''Les Âmes en peine, contes d'un voyageur''. ''Lettres sur l'Amérique'', 2 vol. * 1852: ''Les Voyageurs nouveaux'', 3 vol. * 1854: ''Lettres sur l'Adriatique et le Monténégro'', 2 vol. Les perce-neige. Du Danube au Caucase * 1856: ''Un été au bord de la Baltique''. ''Au bord de la Néva'' * 1857: ''Les quatre âges. Les drames intimes'', contes russes * 1858: ''Les fiancés de Spitzberg. La forêt noire'' * 1858–1859: ''Voyage pittoresque en Allemagne'', 2 vol. * 1859: ''En Amérique et en Europe'' * 1860: ''Gazida. Histoires allemandes et scandinaves'' * 1861: ''Voyage en Suisse'' * 1862: ''Hélène et Suzanne. Voyages et littérature'' * 1863: ''En Alsace : l'avare et son trésor'' * 1864: ''En chemin de fer. Nouvelles de l'Est et de l'Ouest. Les mémoires d'un orphelin. Le roman d'un héritier'' * 1866: ''Histoire d'un pauvre musicien'' * 1867: ''De l'Est à l'Ouest, voyages et littérature '' * 1868: ''Les Drames du cœur. Les Hasards, contes de la vie'' * 1873: ''Impressions et souvenirs d'un voyageur chrétien. Robert Bruce : comment on reconquiert un royaume'' * 1874: ''Les États-Unis et le Canada. Récits américains. Trois jours de la vie d'une reine'' * 1876: ''La vie dans la maison. En pays lointains '' * 1879: ''Nouveaux récits de voyages'' * 1880: ''Antonia'' * 1882: ''Légendes des plantes et des oiseaux '' * 1883: ''À la maison. Études et souvenirs'' * 1884: ''En Franche-Comté. Le succès par la persévérance'' * 1885: ''Passé et présent. Récits de voyage'' * 1889: ''À travers les tropiques '' * 1890: ''Au Sud et au Nord. Prose et vers''References
External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marmier, Xavier 1809 births 1892 deaths People from Pontarlier French travel writers French information and reference writers 19th-century French writers Members of the Académie Française French male non-fiction writers 19th-century French male writers