Eugénie de Guérin
Illustration — Portrait of Eugénie de Guérin by Arsène Pelegry Eugénie de Guérin (29 January 1805 – 31 May 1848) was a French writer and the sister of the poet Maurice de Guérin. Her Journals (1861, Eng. Trans, 1865) and her Lettres (1864, Eng.
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Eugénie de Guérin

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- Born
- 1805. · Andillac.
- Died
- 1848. · Andillac.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- diarist, writer and poet.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Portrait of Eugénie de Guérin by Arsène Pelegry Eugénie de Guérin (29 January 1805 – 31 May 1848) was a French writer and the sister of the poet Maurice de Guérin. Her Journals (1861, Eng. Trans, 1865) and her Lettres (1864, Eng.
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Trans, 1865) indicated the possession of gifts of as rare an order as those of her brother, though of a somewhat different kind. In her case mysticism assumed a form more strictly religious, and she continued to mourn her brother's loss of his early Catholic faith. Five years older than he, she cherished a love for him which was blended with a somewhat motherly anxiety. After his death she began the collection and publication of the scattered fragments of his writings.
• Guérin, Eugénie de. Journal of Eugénie de Guérin. 1865. Ed. G.S. Trébutien. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 2005. • Raoul, Valerie. "Women's Diaries as Life-Savings: Who Decides Whose Life is Saved? The Journals of Eugénie de Guérin and Elisabeth Leseur." Biography 24:1 (Winter 2001): 140–151. • Summers, Mary. Eugénie de Guérin: A Life of Reaction. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1997.
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1805
Eugénie de Guérin born at Andillac.
1848
Eugénie de Guérin died at Andillac.
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- 1.Soweit nicht anders angegeben, sind die Informationen der aufgeführten Literatur und den Angaben von Les Amis des Guérin entnommen.
- 2.Abel Lefranc. Maurice de Guérin d'après des documents inédits. 1910.
- 3.Les Amis des Guérin. Les Guérin du Cayla Généalogie.
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