Showing posts with label Banville (Théodore de). Show all posts
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9 September 2017

Paris 2017: Cimetière du Montparnasse: #4: Théodore de Banville


'THÉODORE DE BANVILLE
NÉ LE
14 MARS 1823
MORT LE
13 MARS 1891'

Théodore de Banville was a poet and dramatist most noted for his poetical works Odes funambulesques (1857) and Les Exilés (1867). A friend of Baudelaire, Hugo and Théophile Gautier, he was considered one of the most important writers of his time and he was a precursor of the Parnassian school. There is a bust of him in the Jardin du Luxembourg, also included in this blog.

I am very grateful to Alain Combalot for helping us to find this and a number of other graves here.

18 November 2016

Théodore de Banville, 6e arrondissement

10 rue de l'Éperon.

'LE POÈTE
THÉODORE DE BANVILLE
EST MORT DANS CETTE MAISON
LE 13 MARS 1891'