Blémont, Émile |
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BORN 17 Jul 1839, Paris - DIED 1 Feb 1927, Paris BIRTH NAME Petitdidier, Léon-Émile GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 11, chemin Méhul, ligne 01) |
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Émile Blémont was mostly active as a poet but also as a playwright. He was friend of Victor Hugo and of Arthur Rimbaud. In 1872 he founded "La Renaissance littéraire et artistique" in which he published Rimbaud's sonnet "Voyelles" and a French translation of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass". He founded and directed several other publications and published a significant amount of volumes of poetry. He is depicted on Fantin-Latour's group portrait "Un coin de table". He bought the painting and offered it to the Louvre in 1910. Related persons • owned work of Fantin-Latour, Henri |
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 The grave of Émile Blémont at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (24 Oct 2014) |
Sources • Émile Blémont - Wikipédia (FR) • Cimetière du Père Lachaise - APPL - BLEMONT, Léon Emile PETITDIDIER, dit Emile (1839-1927) |
