Who is Andre Marie De Chenier

André Marie Chénier (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃dʁe maʁi ʃenje]; 30 October 1762 – 25 July 1794) was a French poet of Greek and Franco-Levantine origin, associated with the events of the French Revolution of which he was a victim. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement. His career was brought to an abrupt end when he was guillotined for supposed "crimes against the state", just three days before the end of the Reign of Terror. Chénier's life has been the subject of Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier and other works of art.

Life

Chénier was born in the Galata district of Constantinople. His family home, destroyed in a fire, was located on the site of the present Saint Pierre Han, in today's Karaköy ...
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Andre Marie De Chenier Poems

  • Aux Freres De Pange
    Aujourd'hui qu'au tombeau je suis prêt à descendre,
    Mes amis, dans vos mains je dépose ma cendre.
    Je ne veux point, couvert d'un funèbre linceul,
    Que les pontifes saints autour de mon cercueil, ...
  • Fille Du Vieux Pasteur
    Fille du vieux pasteur, qui d'une main agile
    Le soir emplis de lait trente vases d'argile,
    Crains la génisse pourpre, au farouche regard,
    Qui marche toujours seule et qui paît à l'écart. ...
  • Ainsi, Lorsque Souvent
    Ainsi, lorsque souvent le gouvernail agile
    De Douvre ou de Tanger fend la route mobile,
    Au fond du noir vaisseau sur la vague roulant
    Le passager languit malade et chancelant. ...
  • Bacchus
    Viens, ô divin Bacchus, ô jeune Thyonée,
    O Dionyse, �van, Iacchus et Lénée;
    Viens, tel que tu parus aux déserts de Naxos
    Quand tu vins rassurer la fille de Minos. ...
  • Mes Chants Savent Tout Peindre
    Mes chants savent tout peindre; accours, viens les entendre.
    Ma voix plaît, Astérie, elle est flexible et tendre.
    Philomèle, les bois, les eaux, les pampres verts,
    Les muses, le printemps, habitent dans mes vers. ...
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Son 52 Point 29 Noble 14 Silence 13 Car 13 Nature 11 Long 11 Pure 11 Source 9 Passage 9


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Urminaia: bd - andré marie de chénier (oct. 30, 1762 - july 25, 1794). "what is virtue? reason put into practice: - talent? reason expressed with brilliance: - soul? reason delicately put forth; and genius is sublime reason."
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