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Born | Norfolk, Virginia, US | 26 May 1864
Died | 12 November 1937 Bergerac | (aged 73)
Occupation | Poet |
Genre | Symbolist |
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Francis Vielé-Griffin (pseudonym of Egbert Ludovicus Viélé, May 26, 1864 – November 12, 1937), was a French symbolist poet. He was born at Norfolk, Virginia, USA, the son of General Egbert Ludovicus Viele, and moved to France with his mother (the former Teresa Griffin) in 1872. [1]
Vielé-Griffin was educated in France and divided his time between Paris and Touraine. He was a writer of vers libre and founded the highly influential journal Entretiens politiques et littéraires (1890–92). [2] He wrote symbolist and vers-libre poetry. His first collection, Cueille d'avril, appeared in 1885. He practiced a relaxed prosody, which did not take into account the obligatory alternation of masculine and feminine rhymes, the prohibition to rhyme a plural with a singular, replaces the rhyme with an assonance, if not neglected here and there the rhyme or assonancer:
His work includes: [2]
From “Euphonies” in Cull of April: [3]
From "Dea" in Cull of April: [3]
Francis Vielé-Griffin | |
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Born | Norfolk, Virginia, US | 26 May 1864
Died | 12 November 1937 Bergerac | (aged 73)
Occupation | Poet |
Genre | Symbolist |
French and Francophone literature |
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by category |
History |
Movements |
Writers |
Countries and regions |
Portals |
Francis Vielé-Griffin (pseudonym of Egbert Ludovicus Viélé, May 26, 1864 – November 12, 1937), was a French symbolist poet. He was born at Norfolk, Virginia, USA, the son of General Egbert Ludovicus Viele, and moved to France with his mother (the former Teresa Griffin) in 1872. [1]
Vielé-Griffin was educated in France and divided his time between Paris and Touraine. He was a writer of vers libre and founded the highly influential journal Entretiens politiques et littéraires (1890–92). [2] He wrote symbolist and vers-libre poetry. His first collection, Cueille d'avril, appeared in 1885. He practiced a relaxed prosody, which did not take into account the obligatory alternation of masculine and feminine rhymes, the prohibition to rhyme a plural with a singular, replaces the rhyme with an assonance, if not neglected here and there the rhyme or assonancer:
His work includes: [2]
From “Euphonies” in Cull of April: [3]
From "Dea" in Cull of April: [3]