Jean Aicard

Jean François Victor Aicard was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist.

Biography

He was born in Toulon. His father, Jean Aicard, was a journalist of some distinction, 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 ; Poèmes de Provence, and La Chanson de l'enfant, both of which were crowned by the Academy; Miette et Noré, a Provençal idyll; Le Livre d'heures de l'amour ; Jésus ; a collection of poems for children and Hollande, Algerie, as well as various volumes of war poetry. Of his plays the most successful was Le Père Lebonnard, which was originally produced at the Théâtre Libre. Among his other works are the novels, Le Roi de Camargue, L'Ame d'un enfant and Tata, Benjamine, Arlette des Mayans, and two volumes of adventure stories, Un Bandit a la Française and its sequel Le fameux chevalier Gaspard de Besse, both in 1919. La Vénus de Milo was an account of the discovery of the statue from unpublished documents.
He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1909.
He was elected mayor of Solliès-Ville in 1919, had the ruins of the Forbin castle listed as a historic monument and had the Comédie-Française play his play Forbin de Solliès ou le Testament du roi René there.
He died in Paris, 13 May 1921.

Selected works

;PoetryLes Rebellions et les apaisements Poèmes de Provence La Chanson de l'enfant Miette et Noré Lemartine which received the prize of the Académie françaiseLe Livre d'heures de l'amour Jésus Le témoin
;NovelsLa Vénus de Milo Le Roi de Camargue, translated as King of Camargue En été à l'ombre Notre-Dame-d'Amour, online at: L'Âme d'un enfant Tata Benjamine Maurin des Maures L'illustre Maurin
;Dramatic works for stagePygmalion Othello ou le More de Venise Smilis Au Claire de la Lune Mascarille Le Père Lebonnard Don Juan ou la Comédie du siècle

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