Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant
Antoine Girard, sieur de Saint-Amant (September 30, 1594December 29, 1661) was a French poet. Saint-Amant was born near Rouen in the Province of Normandy. His father was a merchant who had, according to his son's account, been a sailor and had commanded for 22 years "une escadre de la reine Elizabeth" – a vague statement that lacks confirmation.
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Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant
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- 1594 · Le Grand-Quevilly.
- Died
- 1661 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
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- poet · writer · military personnel · diplomat
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- sonnet · ode · narrative poetry · stanza
- Languages
- Middle French · French
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Antoine Girard, sieur de Saint-Amant (September 30, 1594December 29, 1661) was a French poet. Saint-Amant was born near Rouen in the Province of Normandy. His father was a merchant who had, according to his son's account, been a sailor and had commanded for 22 years "une escadre de la reine Elizabeth" – a vague statement that lacks confirmation.
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The son obtained a patent of nobility, and attached himself to different great noblemen – the duc de Retz and the comte d'Harcourt among others. He saw military service and sojourned at different times in Italy, in England – a sojourn which provoked from him a violent poetical attack on the country, Albion (1643) – in Poland, where he held a court appointment for two years, and elsewhere. Saint-Amant's later years were spent in France; And he died in Paris. Saint-Amant has left a considerable body of poetry. His Albion and Rome ridicule set the fashion of the burlesque poem. In his later years he devoted himself to serious subjects and produced an epic, Moyse sauvé (1653). His other work consists of Bacchanalia songs, his Débauche being one of the most remarkable convivial poems of its kind.
The recorded working language is Middle French and French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are sonnet, ode, narrative poetry and stanza. Positions recorded include seat 22 of the Académie française. Work by Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant is recorded in the collections of Geldersch Landschap en Kasteelen.
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1594
Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant born at Le Grand-Quevilly.
1661
Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant died at Paris.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Antoine Girard, sieur de Saint-Amant and Marc Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant. His recorded languages were Middle French and French. Recorded as poet, writer, military personnel and diplomat. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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