Jean François Victor Aicard (4 February 1848 â€" 13 May 1921) was a
French poet, dramatist and novelist.[1]He was born in Toulon. His
father, Jean Aicard, was a journalist of some distinction,[2] and the
son began his career in 1867 with Les Jeunes Croyances, followed in
1870 by a one-act play produced at the Marseille theatre.His poems
include: Les Rebellions et les apaisements (1871); Poèmes de Provence
(1874), and La Chanson de l'enfant (1876), both of which were crowned
by the Academy; Miette et Noré (1880), a Provençal idyll; Le Livre
d'heures de l'amour (1887); Jésus (1896). Of his plays the most
successful was Le Père Lebonnard (1890), which was originally
produced at the Théâtre Libre. Among his other works are the novels,
Le Roi de Camargue (1890), L'Ame d'un enfant (1898) and Tata (1901),
Benjamine (1906) and La Vénus de Milo (1874); an account of the
discovery of the statue from unpublished documents,[2]He was elected a
member of the Académie française in 1909.
French poet, dramatist and novelist.[1]He was born in Toulon. His
father, Jean Aicard, was a journalist of some distinction,[2] and the
son began his career in 1867 with Les Jeunes Croyances, followed in
1870 by a one-act play produced at the Marseille theatre.His poems
include: Les Rebellions et les apaisements (1871); Poèmes de Provence
(1874), and La Chanson de l'enfant (1876), both of which were crowned
by the Academy; Miette et Noré (1880), a Provençal idyll; Le Livre
d'heures de l'amour (1887); Jésus (1896). Of his plays the most
successful was Le Père Lebonnard (1890), which was originally
produced at the Théâtre Libre. Among his other works are the novels,
Le Roi de Camargue (1890), L'Ame d'un enfant (1898) and Tata (1901),
Benjamine (1906) and La Vénus de Milo (1874); an account of the
discovery of the statue from unpublished documents,[2]He was elected a
member of the Académie française in 1909.
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