Charles Hubert Millevoye
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Charles Hubert Millevoye (4 December 1782 - 12 August 1816)[1] was a French poet.
First taught by an uncle, he later studied with M. Bardoux, a professor in the College of Abbeville. His father died when he was 13 years old, and he was then sent by his family to Paris to finish his education. He began to study law, then became a bookseller, but finally abandoned both to commit himself to writing.
His most famous poem is La Chute des Feuilles, which was widely translated. His poem beginning "Dans les bois l'amoureux Myrtil" is also well known as set to music in Vieille Chanson by Georges Bizet.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1871) The Poets and Poetry of Europe Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 484.
[edit] References
- Article on Millevoye in Longfellow via Google Books.
- Another article on Millevoye in Google Books.
- Sheet music for Vieille Chanson
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