Henri de Bornier
Illustration — Henri de Bornier Henri, vicomte de Bornier (25 December 1825, Lunel – 28 January 1901, Paris) was a French poet and dramatist.
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Henri de Bornier

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- Born
- 1825. · Lunel.
- Died
- 1901. · rue de Sully.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- playwright, poet, writer, novelist, library curator and theatre critic.
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour, Jean Reynaud Prize, prix de poésie de l'Académie française, Prix d'éloquence and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Henri de Bornier Henri, vicomte de Bornier (25 December 1825, Lunel – 28 January 1901, Paris) was a French poet and dramatist.
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The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include seat 31 of the Académie française and president of the Société des gens de lettres. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Jean Reynaud Prize, prix de poésie de l'Académie française and Prix d'éloquence.
He came to Paris in 1845 with the object of studying law, but in that year he published a volume of verse, Les Premieres Feuilles, and the Comédie-Française accepted a play of his entitled Le Mariage de Luther. He was given a post in the library of the Arsenal, where he served for half a century, becoming director in 1889. In 1875, his heroic drama in verse, La Fille de Roland was produced at the Théâtre Français. The action of the play turns on the love of Gerald, son of the traitor Ganelon, for the daughter of Roland. The patriotic subject and the nobility of the character of Gerald, who renounces Berthe when he learns his real origin, procured for the piece a great success. The conflict between honor and love and the grandiose sentiment of the play inevitably provoked comparison with Corneille. The piece would indeed be a masterpiece if, as its critics were not slow to point out, the verse had been quite equal to the subject. • Illustration — de Bornier's signature Among the numerous other works of de Bornier should be mentioned: Dmitri (1876), libretto of an opera by Victorin de Joncières; and the dramas, Les Noces d'Attila (1880) and Mahomet (1888). The production of this last piece, on Islamic prophet Muhammad, was forbidden in 1890 in deference to the representations of the Turkish ambassador on behalf of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Henri de Bornier was critic of the Nouvelle Revue from 1879 to 1887. His Poésies complètes were published in 1894. He died in January 1901.
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1825
Henri de Bornier born at Lunel.
1853
Dante et Béatrix drame en cinq actes et en vers par Henri de Bornier (1853) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1879
Henri De Bornier - La Politique Dans Corneille (1879) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1901
Henri de Bornier died at rue de Sully.
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rue de Sully.
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- 1.Mort de M. Henri de Bornier. Le Journal du Midi. 27. 1. 1901-01-31. 2827-3656 lire en.
- 2.Adolphe Brisson. la Vie est l’Œuvre de Henri de Bornier. Les Annales politiques et littéraires. 19. 919 lire en. 75-6 . 1901-02-03. 2420-2053.
- 3.Guy de Maupassant, Lettre à sa mère, 8 mars 1875.
- 4.Le Naturalisme au théâtre (1881). Texte sur Wikisource.
- 5.Henri de Bornier, La Fille de Roland, Acte II, scène 3 (1875).
- 6.C.-E. Curinier, Dictionnaire national des contemporains, vol. II, 1899-1919, .
- 7.Edmond Rostand, Discours de réception à l'Académie française (4 juin 1903). Texte en ligne.
- 8.Prosper Falgairolle, « Notice sur la famille de Bornier », bornier.net.
- 9.Recherche - Base de données Léonore. www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr.
- 10.Bulletin de la Société des archives historiques de la Saintonge et de l'Aunis. Gallica. 1884-07.
- 11.E. de Séréville, F. de Saint-Simon, Dictionnaire de la noblesse française, 1975, page 204.
- 12.Pierre Marie Dioudonnat, Encyclopédie de la fausse noblesse et de la noblesse d'apparence, Volumes 1 à 2, Sedopols, 1994, page 463.
- 13.Prosper Falgairolle, Essai sur les bibliophiles du Bas-Languedoc (département du Gard) et leurs ex-libris.
- 14.Impasse Henri de Bornier, Saint-Étienne (42218). adresse.data.gouv.fr.
- 15.Rue Henri de Bornier, Saint-Étienne (42218). adresse.data.gouv.fr.
- 16.Rue Henri de Bornier, Lunel (34145). adresse.data.gouv.fr.
- 17.Place Henri de Bornier, Marsillargues (34151). adresse.data.gouv.fr.
- 18.Lunel : trois donations pour les archives et le musée. Midi libre. 06-03-2020 lire en.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Nancy Stewart. La Vie et l'Œuvre d'Henri de Bornier. Droz. 1935. 1016859.
- Patricia Wynands, Réception de l'œuvre de Henri de Bornier : du vivant de l'auteur à nos jours, Hervé, chez l'autrice, 1993 .
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