Achille Maffre de Baugé (16 March 1855 – 1 July 1928)[1] was an Occitan poet and writer, a native of Marseillan in the French département of l'Hérault.
Achille Maffre de Baugé | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 March 1855 Marseillan |
| Died | 1 July 1928 |
| Nationality | French |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Dièzes et Bémols (1873), Terre d'Oc (1908) |
A friend of Nobel Prize winner Frédéric Mistral, he is best known for Dièzes et Bémols (1873) (his first collection of verse) and Terre d'Oc (1908). He was a collaborator on the monthly review magazine Chimère, of which twenty issues appeared, a large number of which are now lost.
On the front of the Marseillan house in which he was born there is a portrait of de Baugé and a stone plaque with an extract from his poem Marseillan (from Terre d'Oc) glorifying his village:
- Poussière de soldats, cendre de troubadours,
- Pendant mille ans notre âme en ta glèbe est entrée,
- Tes roses sont mes sœurs, et tes vignes dorées
- Du sang dont bat mon cœur se gonfleront toujours
A primary school in Marseillan has been named "Maffre de Baugé" in his honour[2] as well as a street in the town.
His grandson is the writer and member of the European Parliament (1979 to 1989), Emmanuel Maffre-Baugé (1921 to 2007).[3]
Works
edit- Dièzes et bémols, poésies, 1870-1873 (1873)
- Sonnets : L'Attente. L'Amitié. Prométhée. Accalmie (1873)
- Le Narghiléh (1883) Online text
- Chères amours (1892)
- Aux Arènes (1895)
- Les Gants blancs (1896)
- Sirvente de mai (1897)
- L'Oiseau bleu (1901)
- L'Iris bleu (1907)
- Terre d'Oc (1908)
- Le Promontoire (1927)
- Talks
- J. Barbey d'Aurevilly, 25 April 1889
- Du Sens international chez les provincialistes, discours prononcé au banquet des félibres à Cette, 31 May 1896
- Molière et le régionalisme, discours prononcé à la Grange-des-Prés, 9 August 1897
References
edit- ^ "Achille MAFFRE de BAUGÉ". Geneanet. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Présentation de l'Ecole élémentaire Maffre de Baugé, école publique de Marseillan (34)". College-lycée.com (in French). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- "Ecole élémentaire Maffre de Baugé" (in French). Ministère de l'Education Nationale de la Jeunesse et des Sports. Retrieved 13 May 2021. - ^ "Emmanuel Maffre-Baugé (1921-2007)" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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