Pierre Marie Jeanne Alexandre Thérèse Guiraud better known as Alexandre Guiraud (24 December 1788 – 24 February 1847) was a French poet, dramatic author and novelist.

Biography

Guiraud was born in

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, the son of a rich cloth merchant. He studied at the ''École de droit'' de

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where he created a "Gymnase littéraire". He made frequent trips to Paris where the success of his poetry opened the doors to the

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to which he was elected against

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in 1826. He was named Baron by

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in 1827 in reward for his contribution to the opera ''Pharamond''. He was the author of many

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poems as well as

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and

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s. He died in

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Works

*''Élégies savoyardes'' (1822) *''Les Machabées, ou le Martyre, tragédie en 5 actes'', Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 14 June 1822 *''Le Comte Julien, ou l'Expiation, tragédie en 5 actes'', Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 12 April 1823 *''Cadix ou la délivrance de l'Espagne'' (1823) *''Chants hellènes, Byron, Ipsara'' (1824) *''Poèmes et chants élégiaques'' (1824) *''Pharamond, poème de MM. Ancelot, Guiraud, et Soumet, musique de MM. Boieldieu, Berton et Kreutzer'', Paris,

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, 10 June 1825 *''Le Prêtre'' (1826) *''Virginie, tragédie en 5 actes et en vers'', Paris, Théâtre-Français, 28 April 1827 *''Césaire, révélation'' (2 vol.) (1830) *''La Communion du duc de Bordeaux'' (1832) *''Les Deux Princes'' (1832) *''De la Vérité dans le système représentatif'' (1834) *''Flavien, ou De Rome au désert'' (3 vol.) (1835) *''Poésies dédiées à la jeunesse'' (1836) *''Philosophie catholique de l'histoire, ou l'Histoire expliquée ; introduction renfermant l'histoire de la création universelle'' (3 vol.) (1839–41) *''Le Cloître de Villemartin, poésie'' (1843) *''Œuvres complètes'' (4 vol.) (1845)

References

* Alexandre Guiraud. (2007, février 25). Wikipedia, l'encyclopédie libre. Page consultée le 17:55, mars 30, 2007 à partir d

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