Achille Maffre de Baugé
Achille Maffre de Baugé (16 March 1855 – 1 July 1928) was an Occitan poet and writer, a native of Marseillan in the French département of l'Hérault. A friend of Nobel Prize winner Frédéric Mistral, he is best known for Dièzes et Bémols (1873) (his first collection of verse) and Terre d'Oc (1908). He was a collaborator on the monthly review magazine Chimère, of which twenty issues appeared, a large number of which are now lost.
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Achille Maffre de Baugé
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- 16 March 1855
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- Marseillan
- Died
- 1 July 1928
- Nationality
- France
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- poet
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- French
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Achille Maffre de Baugé (16 March 1855 – 1 July 1928) was an Occitan poet and writer, a native of Marseillan in the French département of l'Hérault. A friend of Nobel Prize winner Frédéric Mistral, he is best known for Dièzes et Bémols (1873) (his first collection of verse) and Terre d'Oc (1908). He was a collaborator on the monthly review magazine Chimère, of which twenty issues appeared, a large number of which are now lost.
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On the front of the Marseillan house in which he was born there is a portrait of de Baugé and a stone plaque with an extract from his poem Marseillan (from Terre d'Oc) glorifying his village: • Poussière de soldats, cendre de troubadours, • Pendant mille ans notre âme en ta glèbe est entrée, • Tes roses sont mes sœurs, et tes vignes dorées • Du sang dont bat mon cœur se gonfleront toujours A primary school in Marseillan has been named "Maffre de Baugé" in his honour as well as a street in the town. His grandson is the writer and member of the European Parliament (1979 to 1989), Emmanuel Maffre-Baugé (1921 to 2007).
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• Born — 16 March 1855 • Birthplace — Marseillan • Died — 1 July 1928 • Genre — Poetry • Notable Works — Dièzes et Bémols (1873), Terre d'Oc (1908) • Illustration — The house where Achille Maffre de Baugé was born, in his hometown of Marseillan.
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• Dièzes et bémols, poésies, 1870-1873 (1873) • Sonnets: L'Attente. L'Amitié. Prométhée. Accalmie (1873) • Le Narghiléh (1883) Online text • Chères amours (1892) • Aux Arènes (1895) • Les Gants blancs (1896) • Sirvente de mai (1897) • L'Oiseau bleu (1901) • L'Iris bleu (1907) • Terre d'Oc (1908) • Le Promontoire (1927) • Talks • J. Barbey d'Aurevilly, 25 April 1889 • Du Sens international chez les provincialistes, discours prononcé au banquet des félibres à Cette, 31 May 1896 • Molière et le régionalisme, discours prononcé à la Grange-des-Prés, 9 August 1897
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