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Auguste Lacaussade

Auguste Lacaussade (8 February 1815 – 31 July 1897) was a French poet who also worked as a translator and a librarian. A French mulatto born in Saint-Denis (Bourbon Island). Some of his works are on the theme of Maroons, such as Les Salaziennes (1839) or Le Lac des Goyaviers et le Piton d’Anchaine in Poèmes et Paysages (1897).

Auguste Lacaussade

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Auguste Lacaussade · G.Walch, Anthologie des poètes français contemporains, vol. 1, 1905, ed. 1920 · Public domain

Born
1815 · Saint-Denis.
Died
1897 · Paris.
Nationality
France
Occupation
poet · translator · librarian · writer · songwriter
Honours
prize Maillé Latour Landry · Bordin Prize · Knight of the Legion of Honour
Languages
French

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Auguste Lacaussade (8 February 1815 – 31 July 1897) was a French poet who also worked as a translator and a librarian. A French mulatto born in Saint-Denis (Bourbon Island). Some of his works are on the theme of Maroons, such as Les Salaziennes (1839) or Le Lac des Goyaviers et le Piton d’Anchaine in Poèmes et Paysages (1897).

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