Jean Aicard
Aicard ca. 1880
Born	( 1848-02-04 ) 4 February 1848 Toulon
Died	13 May 1921 (1921-05-13) (aged 73) Paris
Language	French
Nationality	French
Genre	Poetry

Jean Francois Victor Aicard (4 February 1848 ? 13 May 1921) was a French poet , dramatist , and novelist . ^[1]

Biography [ edit ]

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); Poemes de Provence (1874), and La Chanson de l'enfant (1876), both of which were crowned by the Academy; Miette et Nore (1880), a Provencal idyll; Le Livre d'heures de l'amour (1887); Jesus (1896); a collection of poems for children (1912) and Hollande, Algerie (1913), as well as various volumes of war poetry. Of his plays the most successful was Le Pere Lebonnard (1890), which was originally produced at the Theatre Libre . Among his other works are the novels, Le Roi de Camargue (1890), L'Ame d'un enfant (1898) and Tata (1901), Benjamine (1906), Arlette des Mayans (1917), and two volumes of adventure stories, Un Bandit a la Francaise and its sequel Le fameux chevalier Gaspard de Besse , both in 1919. La Venus de Milo (1874) was an account of the discovery of the statue from unpublished documents. ^{[2] [3]}

He was elected a member of the Academie francaise in 1909.

He was elected mayor of Sollies-Ville in 1919, had the ruins of the Forbin castle listed as a historic monument and had the Comedie-Francaise play his play Forbin de Sollies ou le Testament du roi Rene there. ^[4]

He died in Paris, 13 May 1921. ^[3]

Selected works [ edit ]

Poetry

• Les Rebellions et les apaisements (1871)
• Poemes de Provence (1874)
• La Chanson de l'enfant (1876)
• Miette et Nore (1880)
• Lemartine (1883) which received the prize of the Academie francaise ^[5]
• Le Livre d'heures de l'amour (1887)
• Jesus (1896)
• Le temoin (1914-1916)

Novels

• La Venus de Milo (1874)
• Le Roi de Camargue (1890), translated as King of Camargue (1901)
• Notre-Dame-d'Amour (1896), online at: [1]
• L'Ame d'un enfant (1898)
• Tata (1901)
• Benjamine (1906)
• Maurin des Maures (1908)
• L'illustre Maurin (1908)

Dramatic works for stage

• Pygmalion (1878)
• Othello ou le More de Venise (1881)
• Smilis (1884)
• Au Claire de la Lune (1884)
• Mascarille (1885)
• Le Pere Lebonnard (1889)
• Don Juan ou la Comedie du siecle (1889)
• La Legende du Cœur (1903)

References [ edit ]

Attribution:

•   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). " Aicard, Jean Francois Victor ". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 434.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). " Aicard, Jean Francois Victor ". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 30 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 84.

External links [ edit ]

• Works by Jean Aicard at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Jean Aicard at Internet Archive
• Works by Jean Aicard at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)