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Chénier, Marie-André

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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French poet, greatest in the 18th century, born at Constantinople; author of odes, idylls, and elegies, which place him high among French poets; took part in the Revolution as a lover of order as well as of liberty; offended Robespierre, and was guillotined two days before the fall of Robespierre; as a poet he was distinguished for the purity of his style and his originality (1762-1794).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Chénier, Marie-André'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/chacnier-marie-andrac.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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