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Charles Péguy
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French poet, essayist, and editor (1873–1914)
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Charles Péguy was a French writer, poet, essayist, and journalist. Born Charles-Pierre Péguy in Orléans on 7 January 1873, he was educated at Lycée Lakanal, Collège Sainte-Barbe, and the École Normale Supérieure. He wrote in French and identified with Catholicism. His literary output includes works such as *Eve*, *Lettre à Franklin-Bouillon*, *La chanson du roi Dagobert*, *Notre patrie ...*, and *Œuvres choisies, 1900-1910*. He also used the pseudonyms Pierre Deloire and Pierre Baudouin.
Péguy served as a lieutenant in the French military during World War I. He was killed in action at Le Plessis-l'Évêque on 5 September 1914. His military service was recognized with the *mort pour la France* award, the Croix de guerre 1914–1918, and the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour. Earlier in his life, he received the Concours général award. His intellectual work is associated with political philosophy and personalism.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 7 January 1873
- Died
- 5 September 1914
- Works
- 288
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Orléans
- Place of death
- Le Plessis-l'Évêque
- Occupation
- literary critic
- Educated at
- Collège Sainte-Barbe
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- literature
- Movement
- personalism
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military rank
- lieutenant
- Official website
- www.charlespeguy.fr
- Image
- Jean-Pierre Laurens-Péguy.jpg
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- Commons category
- Charles Péguy
- date of birth
- 1873-01-07
- date of death
- 1914-09-05
- Commons Creator page
- Charles Péguy
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- Charles Péguy
- name in native language
- Charles Péguy
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
- pseudonym
- Pierre Baudouin
- writing language
- French
- birth name
- Charles-Pierre Péguy
- allegiance
- France
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Charles Péguy, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles Pierre Péguy ( French: [ʃaʁl(ə) peɡi]; 7 January 1873 – 5 September 1914) was a French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism; by 1908 at the latest, after years of uneasy agnosticism, he had become a believing (but generally non-practicing) Catholic. From that time, Catholicism strongly influenced his works. Péguy was killed in World War I at age 41 by German invading forces near Villeroy, Seine-et-Marne.
Biography
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