André Theuriet
André Theuriet ( born October 8, 1833 in Marly- le- Roi, Yvelines, † April 23, 1907 in Bourg- la -Reine, Hauts -de -Seine département ) was a French poet, novelist and playwright.
Life and work
His school days spent Theuriet in Bar- le- Duc and then began studying law at the Sorbonne in Paris. After its successful completion, he got a job in the Ministry of Finance. At 29, he accepted a professorship at the University of Tours and taught there until 1863.
Already during his studies he became acquainted with various Parnassiens, to which one is also considered him today. 1867 could Theuriet with an anthology of poems ( " Chemin des bois" ) successful debut and at the end of his oeuvre included 226 works. His first poems were almost all already been published in various journals; many in the Revue des Deux Mondes.
1886 Theuriet went with the rank of department head retired and worked only in literature from this period. Honored him in 1890 to the French Academy the "Prix Vitet ". As Alexandre Dumas the Younger died in 1895, took the following year, the Académie française Theuriet as its subsequent member on ( armchair 2). The writer Jean Richepin 1908 Theuriets successor.
Reception
In addition to his poetry take at Theuriet the novels with regional references a large part of one; Novels about Bar-le- Duc (22 ) the country of Auberive (13 ), Touraine and Poitou (10 ), Savoie (10) and Argonne (8).
Works
- L' oncle Scipion. 1890
- Mademoiselle Guignon (1874 ) serial novel
Publications
- Journal de Marie Bashkirtseff, ed. by André Theuriet, 2 vols, Paris 1887
Poetry
- The way of the woods. Poems and poetry. (1867 )
- The Blue and the Black. Poems of real life. (1873 )
- The book payse. New poetry. (1883 )
- Our Birds ( 1886)
Novels and essays
- The marriage of Gérard. (1875 )
- The Maugars threads. (1879 )
- The house has two Barbeaux. (1879 )
- Sauvageonne. (1880 )
- The mystery of Gertrude. (1885 )
- Tales of the forest. (1888 )
- Queen of the woods. (1890)
- The Abbot Daniel. (1893 )
- The refuge. (1898 )
- Quiet Villa ( 1899)
- The manuscript of the canon. (1902 )
- Colette. ( posthumously 1908)
- The Chanoinesse ( unknown date, published in 1930 by spending Nelson)
Stage plays
- Jean -Marie. Drama in one act in against Paris. Odeon theater, October 11, 1871.
- The house has two barbeaux. Comedy in three acts. (in collaboration with Henri Lyon), Paris, Odéon Théâtre Europe, February 4, 1885.
- Raymonde, comedy in three acts. (in collaboration Eugène Morand ), Paris, Comédie French, May 28, 1887.
- Maugars, piece in 4 acts. (in collaboration with Georges Loiseau ), Paris, Odéon Théâtre Europe, October 1st 1901.
Translations
- Conteurs contemporains. Nine stories by André Theuriet, Anatole France, Pierre Loti, Victorien Sardou, Émile Zola, for the school selected, edited and explained by Joseph Hengesbach ( Schulbibl. French and Engl. Prosaschrr. Dept. 1, vol 33). Berlin 1898
Swell
- Karl Weiss: The landscape description with André Theuriet. Dissertation, Rostock 1933.