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Gérard de Nerval
French writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855)
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Gérard de Nerval, by Nadar | |
| Born | Gérard Labrunie (1808-05-22)22 May 1808 Paris, France |
| Died | 26 January 1855(1855-01-26) (aged 46) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Essayist, poet, translator, travel writer |
| Notable work | Voyage en Orient (1851) Les Filles du feu (1854), Aurélia (1855) |
| Movement | Romanticism |
Gérard de Nerval (French:[ʒeʁaʁdənɛʁval]; 22 May 1808 – 26 January 1855), the pen name of the French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie, was a French essayist, poet, translator, and travel writer. He was a major figure during the era of French romanticism, and best known for his novellas and poems, especially the collection Les Filles du feu (The Daughters of Fire), which included the novella Sylvie and the poem "El Desdichado".[1] Through his translations, Nerval played a major role in introducing French readers to the works of German Romantic authors, including Klopstock, Schiller, Bürger and Goethe. His l
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Nerval, Gérard de (1808–1855)
Nerval, Gérard de (1808–1855), French poet. Gérard de Nerval was an early romantic. His prose and poetry mark him as a precursor of the many movements, from symbolism to surrealism, that shaped modern French literature.
Gérard de Nerval was born Gérard Labrunie on May 22, 1808, in Paris. Because of his parents' immediate departure for Silesia, where his mother died, Nerval was taken to the home of maternal relatives in the Valois. This region played a prominent part in many of his works. The fact that his early years were bereft of parental care probably contributed to his subsequent lack of mental equilibrium.
Upon his father's return from the Napoleonic Wars in 1814, Nerval returned to Paris. As a day pupil at the Lycée Charlemagne, he distinguished himself by his precocious literary gifts and made the acquaintance of a lifelong friend, the poet Théophile Gautier.
Nerval's translation in 1827 of J. W. von Goethe's Faust (Part I) earned him the praise of Goethe and opened influential Parisian literary circles to him. His admiration for V
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| Gérard de Nerval | |
Gérard de Nerval, by Nadar | |
| Born | Gérard Labrunie May 22 1808(1808-05-22) Paris, France |
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| Died | January 26 1855 (aged 46) Paris, France |
| Occupation | poet, essayist and translator |
Gérard de Nerval (French pronunciation:[ʒeʁaʁ də nɛʁval]; May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) was the pen name of the French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie, a major figure of French romanticism, best known for his novellas and poems, especially the collection Les Filles du feu (The Daughters of Fire), which included the novella Sylvie and the poem "El Desdichado." Through his translations, Nerval played a major role in introducing French readers to the works of German Romantic authors, including Klopstock, Schiller, Bürger and Goethe. His later work merged poetry and journalism in a fictional context, influencing Marcel Proust. His last novella, Aurélia, influenced André Breton and Surrealism.
Biography
Early life
Gérard Labrunie was born in Paris on May 22, 1808.[1] His mother, Marie Marguerite Antoinette Laurent, was the daughte
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