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Leconte de Lisle

(1818–1894)

Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle
Pierre Gosset (pseudonym)

Translations:

• L’Iliade (French)

• L’Odyssée (French)

Leconte de Lisle in Art:

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875)
Leconte de Lisle
c.1840–1841
National Gallery of Art, Washington

 

Born October 22 1818 Saint-Paul, La Réunion (France)
Died July 17 1894 Voisins, near Louveciennes (France)
Buried Cimetière du Montparnasse (Paris)
Occupation Academician Librarian
Occupation Literary critic Poet
Occupation Translator Writer
Title Officier de la Légion d’honneur

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