Henri Auguste Barbier
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French dramatist and poet (1805-1882)
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Vinony files it under 1805 births, 1882 deaths and 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of death
- Nice
- Occupation
- librettist
- Educated at
- Lycée Henri-IV
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Image
- Auguste Barbier.png
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- Commons category
- Auguste Barbier
- date of birth
- 1805-01-01
- date of death
- 1882-01-01
- member of
- Académie Française
- name in native language
- Auguste Barbier
- ethnic group
- French
- has written for
- Revue des Deux Mondes
- writing language
- French
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Works in European collections
21 objects attributed to Henri Auguste Barbier, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Henri Auguste Barbier Henri Auguste Barbier (29 April 1805 – 13 February 1882) was a French dramatist and poet.
Barbier was born in Paris, France. He was inspired by the July Revolution and poured forth a series of eager, vigorous poems, denouncing the evils of the time. They are spoken of collectively as the Iambes (1831), though the designation is not strictly applicable to all. As the name suggests, they are modelled on the verse of André Chénier. They include La Curée, La Popularité, L'Idole, Paris, Dante, Quatre-vingt-treize and Varsovie. The rest of Barbier's poems are forgotten, and when, in 1869, he received the long delayed honour of admission to the Académie française, Montalembert expressed the general sentiment with "Barbier? mais il est mort!," but actually he died at Nice in 1882.
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