Alphonse de Lamartine

Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869) was a French politician, poet and diplomat.

Also recorded as Alphonse Marie de Lamartine.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine.

Born at Mâcon in 1790, died at Paris in 1869.

In detail

the recorded working language is French.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry. The authority associates the name with Romanticism.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Residence is recorded at rue de l'Université. Positions recorded include member of the French National Assembly and seat 7 of the Académie française. Membership is recorded of Académie Française and Académie de Mâcon.

Works named in the authority record are Graziella, Voyage en Orient, Poetical Meditations, The Death of Socrates and Harmonies poetiques et religieuses.

Work by Alphonse de Lamartine is recorded in the collections of Geldersch Landschap en Kasteelen, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.

Distinctions recorded are Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Joseph and Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Sources

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    “Alphonse de Lamartine”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q188697: Alphonse de Lamartine

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