André Rivoire (5 May 1872 â€" 19 August 1930) was a French poet and
playwright whose work was defined by the delicate precision of his
observation.Rivoire was born in Vienne, Isère, in eastern France. He
studied at the Lycée de Lyon and then at Lycée Henri-IV. A student
of Henri Bergson, he showed an early interest in poetry, publishing
under the pseudonym "André Suzel".After a collection of poetry, Les
Vierges (Virgins) (1895) and a dramatic fantasy Berthe aux grands
pieds (Bertha Broadfoot) (1899), he published Le Songe de l'Amour
'(The Dream of Love) (1900) and Le Chemin de l'Oubli (The Way of
Forgetfulness) (1904), both in an intimate vein.[1]Among his eighteen
plays, notable are Le Bon Roi Dagobert (Good King Dagobert) (1908) and
Roger Bontemps (1920). His dramatic work has a light and delicate
touch displaying deft and precise psychological observation. The poet
Sully Prudhomme said of his play The Little Shepherdess, to which he
wrote a preface, "The author has described some extremely delicate
states of the soul, using only the traditional resources of
versification." [2]
playwright whose work was defined by the delicate precision of his
observation.Rivoire was born in Vienne, Isère, in eastern France. He
studied at the Lycée de Lyon and then at Lycée Henri-IV. A student
of Henri Bergson, he showed an early interest in poetry, publishing
under the pseudonym "André Suzel".After a collection of poetry, Les
Vierges (Virgins) (1895) and a dramatic fantasy Berthe aux grands
pieds (Bertha Broadfoot) (1899), he published Le Songe de l'Amour
'(The Dream of Love) (1900) and Le Chemin de l'Oubli (The Way of
Forgetfulness) (1904), both in an intimate vein.[1]Among his eighteen
plays, notable are Le Bon Roi Dagobert (Good King Dagobert) (1908) and
Roger Bontemps (1920). His dramatic work has a light and delicate
touch displaying deft and precise psychological observation. The poet
Sully Prudhomme said of his play The Little Shepherdess, to which he
wrote a preface, "The author has described some extremely delicate
states of the soul, using only the traditional resources of
versification." [2]
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