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Louise Colet (15 August 1810 – 9 March 1876), born Louise Revoil de Servannes, was a French poet and writer. Life and works. She was born at the hôtel d'Antoine ( fr) in Aix-en-Provence in France. In her twenties she married Hippolyte Colet, an academic musician, partly in order to escape provincial life and live in Paris .
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Louise Colet (born August 15, 1810, Aix-en-Provence, France—died March 9, 1876, Paris) was a French poet and novelist, as noted for her friendships with leading men of letters as for her own work. Daughter of a businessman, she married a musician, Hippolyte Colet, in 1834, and published her first poetry, “Fleurs du Midi,” in 1836.
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Sep 24, 2020 · This week, Fern shines the spotlight on Louise Colet. Although Louise Colet (1810 – 1876) won four poetry prizes from the Académie Francaise, it is almost impossible to find any of her poems online– either in French or in translation.
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Most Recent. Oldest. Louise Colet, née Révoil de Servannes à Aix-en-Provence le 15 septembre 1810 et morte à Paris le 8 mars 1876, est une poétesse et écrivaine française.
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Colet, Louise (1810–1876)French journalist and poet who was Flaubert's lover and the model for his Madame Bovary. Born Louise Revoil at Aix, France, on September 15, 1810; died on March 8, 1876; daughter of a Provençal family named Revoil; educated at home; married Hippolyte Colet (1808 ...
Nov 8, 2019 · Louise Colet was a 19th century French poet and novelist who won four prizes from the Académie française for her work. TRANSLATION. Lassitude It is from these long days of indescribable sickness Where we would like to sleep the heavy sleep of the dead; From these hours of anguish where existence weighs On the soul and on the body.
Biography. Gustave Flaubert wrote to his mistress, Louise Colet: “An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.”. In his books, Flaubert sought to observe that principle; but in his many impassioned letters he allowed...
