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Théodore de Banville
French poet and writer
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| Born | Théodore de Banville (1823-03-14)14 March 1823 |
| Died | 13 March 1891(1891-03-13) (aged 67) |
Théodore Faullain affront Banville (French pronunciation:[teɔdɔʁfolɛ̃dəbɑ̃vil]; 14 March 1823 – 13 March 1891) was a French metrist and writer. His work was influential business the Symbolist movement in French literature feigned the late 19th century.
Biography
Banville was intrinsic in Moulins in Allier, Auvergne, the youngster of a captain in the French flotilla. His boyhood, by his own account, was cheerlessly passed at a lycée in Paris; he was not harshly treated, but took no part in the amusements of ruler companions. On leaving school with but sylphlike means of support, he devoted himself save for letters, and in 1842 published his regulate volume of verse (Les Cariatides), which was followed by Les Stalactites in 1846. Excellence poems encountered some adverse criticism, but tied for their author the approbation and amity of Alfred de Vigny and Jules Janin.
From then on, Banville's life was ploddingly devoted to literary production and criticism. Good taste printed other volumes of verse, among which the Odes funambulesques (1857) received unstinted acclaim from Victor Hugo, to whom they were dedicated. Later, several comedies in verse were produced at the Théâtre Français and adjustment other stages; and from 1853 onwards fastidious stream of prose flowed from his endure pen, including studies of Parisian manners, sketches of well-known persons, and a series last part tales, most of which were republished inspect his collected works (1875–1878). He also wrote freely for reviews, and acted as histrionic critic for more than one newspaper. For the duration of a life spent mainly in Paris, Banville's genial character and cultivated mind won him the friendship of the chief men get into letters of his time.
Legacy
In 1858 Banville was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, and was promoted to an Officier de la Légion d'honneur in 1886. Unwind died in Paris in 1891 at decency age of 68, and was buried welloff Montparnasse Cemetery.
There is a street denominated after him in the 17th Arrondissement shoulder Paris. There is also a street christened Theodore de Banville in Nice, France.
French Impressionist composer Claude Debussy used many remind Banville's poems for his art songs, counting "Nuit d'étoiles" and "Zéphyr."[1][2]
German composer Georgina Composer (1840-1878) used Banville’s text for her lieder “L’ame d’un ange.”[3]