Juste Daniel Olivier (October 18, 1807 – January 7, 1876),

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poet, was born in

Eysins Eysins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Eysins is first mentioned around 1001-02 as ''Osinco''. Geography Eysins has an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.2% is used for agricultural purpose ...

in the

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ente ...

Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...

; he was brought up as a peasant, but studied at the college of

Nyon Nyon (; outdated German: or ; outdated Italian: , ) is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Ge ...

, and later at the academy of

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

. Though originally intended for the ministry, his poetic genius (foreshadowed by the prizes he obtained in 1825 and 1828 for poems on Marcos Botzaris and ''Julia Alpinula'' respectively) inclined him towards literary studies. He was named professor of literature at

Neuchâtel , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (Fra ...

(1830), but before taking up the duties of his post made a visit to Paris, where he completed his education and became associated with

Sainte-Beuve Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (; 23 December 1804 – 13 October 1869) was a French literary critic. Early life He was born in Boulogne, educated there, and studied medicine at the Collège Charlemagne in Paris (1824–27). In 1828, he s ...

, especially from 1837 onwards. He professed history at Lausanne from 1833 to 1846, when he lost his chair in consequence of the religious troubles. He then went to Paris, where he remained till 1870, earning his bread by various means, but being nearly forgotten in his native land, to which he remained tenderly attached. From 1845 till 1860 (when the magazine was merged in the ''Bibliothèque universelle'') Olivier and his wife wrote in the ''Revue suisse'' the Paris letter, which had been started by Sainte-Beuve in 1843, when Olivier became the owner of the periodical. He also wrote for the ''

Revue des deux Mondes The ''Revue des deux Mondes'' (, ''Review of the Two Worlds'') is a monthly French-language literary, cultural and current affairs magazine that has been published in Paris since 1829. According to its website, "it is today the place for debates a ...

'', which published his correspondence with Sainte-Beuve.Juste Olivier (1807-1876), Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire BCU Lausanne
After the war of 1870, he settled down in Switzerland, spending his summers at his beloved Gryon, and died at

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situa ...

on 7 January 1876. Besides some novels, a semi-poetical work on the ''Canton of Vaud'' (2 vols., 1837–1841), and a volume of historical essays entitled ''Études d'histoire nalionale'' (1842), he published several volumes of poems, ''Deux Voix'' (1835), ''Chansons lointaines'' (1847) and its continuation ''Chansons du soir'' (1867), and ''Sentiers de montague'' (Gryon, 1875). His younger brother,

Urbain Olivier Urbain Olivier (1810, Eysins - 1888) was a Swiss writer. The brother of Juste Olivier, he was well known from 1856 onwards as the author of numerous popular tales of rural life in the Canton of Vaud, especially of the region near Nyon Nyon (; ...

, was also a writer.

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Life by

Eugène Rambert Eugène Rambert (6 April 1830 – 21 November 1886), was a Swiss author and poet. Life He was born at Sâles near Swiss Clarens, the eldest son of a Vaudois schoolmaster, from whom he received his education. When in 1845 his father lost his post ...

(1877), republished in his ''Ecrivains de la Suisse romande'' (1889), and also prefixed to his edition of Olivier's ''Œuvres choisies'' (Lausanne, 1879).

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