Jean Aicard
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Portrait by Félix Régamey (circa. 1878).
Jean François Victor Aicard (February 4, 1848 - 1921) was a French poet, dramatist and novelist.
He was born in Toulon. His father, Jean Aicard, was a journalist of some distinction, and the son early 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 des enfants (1876), both of which were crowned by the Academy; Miette et Note (1880), a Provencal idyll; Le Livre d'heures de l'amour (1887); J&us (1896). 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(1898) and Tatas (1901), Benjamine (1906) and La Venus de Milo (1874); an account of the discovery of the statue from unpublished documents.
He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1909.
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| Preceded by François Coppée |
Seat 10 Académie française 1909-1921 |
Succeeded by Camille Jullian |
