Jean Aicard

Jean Aicard
Jean Aicard
Born	4 February 1848; Toulon
Died	13 May 1921 (aged 73); Paris
Language	French
Nationality	French
Genre	Poetry

Jean François Victor Aicard (4 February 1848 – 13 May 1921) was a French poet, dramatist and novelist.[1]

Jean Aicard by the sculptor Victor Nicolas (bronze bust, 1931).

Jean Aicard, sketch by
Félix Régamey, ca. 1878.

Biography

He was born in Toulon. His father, Jean Aicard, was a journalist of some distinction,[2] and the son began his career in 1867 with Les Jeunes Croyances, followed in 1870 by a one-act play produced at the Marseille theatre.

His poems include: Les Rebellions et les apaisements (1871); Poèmes de Provence (1874), and La Chanson de l'enfant (1876), both of which were crowned by the Academy; Miette et Noré (1880), a Provençal idyll; Le Livre d'heures de l'amour (1887); Jésus (1896). Of his plays the most successful was Le Père Lebonnard (1890), which was originally produced at the Théâtre Libre. Among his other works are the novels, Le Roi de Camargue (1890), L'Ame d'un enfant (1898) and Tata (1901), Benjamine (1906) and La Vénus de Milo (1874); an account of the discovery of the statue from unpublished documents,[2]

He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1909.

He died in Paris, 13 May 1921.[3]

Selected works

Poetry

Les Rebellions et les apaisements (1871)
Les Poèmes de Provence (1874)
La Chanson des enfants (1876)
Miette et Note (1880)
Lemartine (1883) which received the prize of the Académie française[4]
Le Livre d'heures de l'amour (1887)
Jésus (1896)
Le témoin (1914-1916)

Novels

La Vénus de Milo (1874)
Le Roi de Camargue (1890), translated as King of Camargue (1901)
Notre-Dame-d'Amour (1896), online at:
L'Âme d'un enfant (1898)
Tatas (1901)
Benjamine (1906)
Maurin des Maures (1908)
L'illustre Maurin (1908)

Dramatic works for stage

Pygmalion (1878)
Othello ou le More de Venise (1881)
Le Père Lebonnard (1889)

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References

"Jean Aicard | French poet". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
Chisholm 1911.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aicard, Jean François Victor" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Aicard". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aicard, Jean François Victor". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

External links

Works by Jean Aicard at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Jean Aicard at Internet Archive
Works by Jean Aicard at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

Preceded by François Coppée	Seat 10 Académie française 1909-1921	Succeeded by Camille Jullian

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[1] "Jean Aicard | French poet". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-10-21.

[FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-2] Chisholm 1911.

[3] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aicard, Jean François Victor" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[4] Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Aicard". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.