About
Maurice de Guérin, born on August 4, 1810, at the Château du Cayla in Languedoc, was a French poet who died of tuberculosis at age 28 without publishing during his lifetime. After studies at the seminary in Toulouse and the Collège Stanislas in Paris, he briefly joined Lamennais's religious community at La Chênaie. His major works, written between 1832 and 1836, are prose poems: Le Centaure, La Bacchante, Glaucus, and his intimate journal Le Cahier vert. George Sand discovered his manuscripts and published Le Centaure in 1840 in the Revue des Deux Mondes, launching his posthumous reputation. His sister Eugénie, a writer, preserved and published his writings. Matthew Arnold helped introduce him to English-speaking audiences.
* 1810-08-04 — † 1839-07-19
Major works
- Le Centaureprose poem
- La Bacchanteprose poem
- Glaucusprose poem
- Le Cahier vertintimate journal
Key milestones
- 1840George Sand publishes Le Centaure in the Revue des Deux Mondes, with a memorial notice.
- 1861First collected edition of his works, Reliquiae, edited by G. S. Trébutien with a notice by Sainte-Beuve.
Themes
naturemythologyspiritualitymelancholyself-discovery
Sources: britannica.com · id.loc.gov · en.wikisource.org