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François Coppée
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François Coppée (1842–1908) was a French playwright, writer, poet, and novelist associated with the parnassianism movement. Born in Paris, he was educated at Lycée Saint-Louis and died in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. He was a member of the Académie Française and the Ligue de la Patrie Française. His literary output includes works such as *Lettres à sa mère et à sa soeur, 1862-1908*, *Poesies Magyares*, and *Contes choisis*.
Coppée received several honors, including the Knight, Officer, and Commander of the Legion of Honour, as well as the Montyon Prize. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. A Catholic, he is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery. His writings have been described in sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and the *Nordisk familjebok*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Europeana Sparql, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1842
- Died
- 1908
- Works
- 402
Top works
- Lettres à sa mère et à sa soeur, 1862-1908
- Poesies Magyares
- Dans la prière et dans la lutte
- Discours de réception de M. François Coppee
- Contes choisis
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1842
- Active to
- 1908
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 12
François Edouard Joachim Coppée (1842 – 1908) was a French poet and novelist. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fran%C3%A7ois+Copp%C3%A9e">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 20,469x
- New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0
· 2010 · cited 16,959x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,897x
- Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,236x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “(Que) la loi du devoir est une loi d’amour.”
- “Oh! comme les oiseaux doivent mourir l’hiver!Pourtant, lorsque viendra le temps des violettes,Nous ne trouverons pas leurs délicats squelettesDans le gazon d’avril, où nous irons courir.Est-ce que les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir?”
- “(Car) le poète a pour monnaieDes étoiles dans son gousset.”
- “(Et) l’unique bonheur auquel on peut prétendreEn ce monde, est de croire et non pas de comprendre.”
- “Du luxe, des haillons, de la clarté, des crisEt de la fange. C’est le trottoir de Paris !”
- “Le temps qui s’écoule fait bien ;Et mourir ne doit être rien,Puisque vivre est si peu de chose.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- François Édouard Joachim Coppée , ( 1842-01-26 ) 26 January 1842, Paris , France
- Died
- 23 May 1908 (1908-05-23) (aged 66), Paris , France
- Resting place
- Montparnasse Cemetery , Paris
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- French
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- François
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- 7th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- Lycée Saint-Louis
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Movement
- parnassianism
- Image
- François Coppée.jpg
Show 16 more facts
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- Commons category
- François Coppée
- date of birth
- 1842-01-12
- date of death
- 1908-05-23
- topic's main category
- Category:François Coppée
- Commons Creator page
- François Coppée
- Commons gallery
- François Coppée
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- name in native language
- François Édouard Joachim Coppée
- cause of death
- infectious disease
- writing language
- French
- different from
- Jean-François Copé
- birth name
- François Édouard Joachim Coppée
- P8168
- Écury
- P12674
- Robert Lusser
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
20 objects attributed to François Coppée, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
François Édouard Joachim Coppée ( French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa ədwaʁ ʒɔakim kɔpe]; 26 January 1842 – 23 May 1908) was a French poet and novelist.
Biography
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