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Alfred de Vigny

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Alfred de Vigny

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Also known as Alfred Victor de Vigny, Alfred Victor, comte de Vigny, Alfred, Comte de Vigny

French poet, playwright, and novelist (1797–1863)

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Alfred de Vigny was a French male writer whose professional activity spanned from 1829 to 1863. Born on March 27, 1797, he died on September 17, 1863. His literary output includes works such as *Chatterton*, *Daphné*, *Journal d'un poète*, *Conjuration de Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orleans, surnommé Égalité*, and *The military necessity*.

Vigny is recognized within the Academie Francaise collection. Various sources document his bibliography, with one listing 318 works, another citing 36, and a third noting five. He is also the subject of a Commons gallery and creator page.

Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1797
Died
1863
Works
318

Top works

  • Chatterton
  • Daphné
  • Journal d'un poète
  • Conjuration de Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orleans, surnommé Égalité
  • The military necessity

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1797-03-27
Active to
1863-09-17

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
19
Total plays
59

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alfred+de+Vigny">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • L'existence du Soldat est (après la peine de mort) la trace la plus douloureuse de barbarie qui subsiste parmi les hommes.
  • Tout homme a vu le mur qui borne son esprit.
  • L'histoire est un roman dont le peuple est l'auteur.
  • On étouffe les clameurs, mais comment se venger du silence?
  • Un désespoir paisible, sans convulsions de colère et sans reproches au ciel est la sagesse même.
  • Les acteurs sont bien heureux, ils ont une gloire sans responsabilité.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Alfred
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Loches
Occupation
translator
Educated at
Lycée Henri-IV
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Noble title
count
Genre
poetry
Movement
Romanticism
Image
Alfred de Vigny.jpg
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Commons gallery
Alfred de Vigny
Commons Creator page
Alfred de Vigny
place of burial
Montmartre Cemetery
Commons category
Alfred de Vigny
date of birth
1797-03-27
date of death
1863-09-17
topic's main category
Category:Alfred de Vigny
name in native language
Alfred de Vigny
writing language
French
start of work period
1829-00-00
floruit
1842-01-01
end of work period
1863-00-00
Sources (5)

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Alfred de Vigny, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny ( French pronunciation: [alfʁɛd viktɔʁ kɔ̃t də viɲi]; 27 March 1797 – 17 September 1863) was a French poet and early French Romanticist. He also produced novels, plays, and translations of Shakespeare.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alfred de Vigny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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