Claude Adhémar André Theuriet (; 8 October 1833 in
Marly-le-Roi – 23 April 1907 in
Bourg-la-Reine
Bourg-la-Reine () is a Communes of France, commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris.
History
In 1792, during the French Revolution, Bourg-la-Reine (meaning "Town of the Queen") w ...
) was a 19th-century French poet and novelist.
Life
Theuriet was born at Marly-le-Roi (
Seine et Oise
Seine-et-Oise () is a former Departments of France, department of France, which encompassed the western, northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture was Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles an ...
), and was educated at
Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc (), formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital. The department is in Grand Est in northeastern France.
The lower, more modern and busier part of the town extends along a narrow valley, ...
in his mother's province of
Lorraine
Lorraine, also , ; ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; ; ; is a cultural and historical region in Eastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est. Its name stems from the medieval kingdom of ...
.
Theuriet studied law in Paris and joined the public service, attaining the rank of ''chef de bureau'', before his retirement during 1886. He published the ''Chemin des bois'', a volume of poems, many of which had been published already in the ''
Revue des Deux Mondes'' in 1867; ''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 rema ...
compared him to Shakespeare's
Jaques of the
forest of Arden. The best of his novels are those that deal with provincial and country life. Composer
Jeanne Rivet used his text for her song “Ballade Bretonne.”
Theuriet received the ' from the
Académie Française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...
in 1890, of which he became a member during 1896. He died on 23 April 1907, and was succeeded at the academy by
Jean Richepin.
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 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)
References
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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