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See also:BRIZEUX, See also:JULIEN AUGUSTE PELAGE (1803-1858) , See also:French poet, was See also:born at See also:Lorient (See also:Morbihan) on the 12th of See also:September 1803. He belonged to a See also:family of Irish origin, See also:long settled in See also:Brittany, and was educated for the See also:law, but in 1827 he produced at the See also:Theatre See also:Francais a one-See also:act See also:verse See also:comedy, See also:Racine, in collaboration with Philippe Busoni. A See also:journey to See also:Italy in See also:company with Auguste See also:Barbier made a See also:great impression on him, and a second visit (1834) resulted in 1841 in the publication of a See also:complete See also:translation of the Diving Commedia in terza rims. With Primel el See also:Nola (1852) he included poems written under See also:Italian See also:influence, entitled See also:Les Ternaires (1841), but in the rustic See also:idyl of See also:Marie (1836) turned to See also:Breton See also:country See also:life; in Les Bretons (1845) he found his See also:inspiration in the See also:folklore and legends of his native See also:province, and in Telen-Aroor (1844) he used the Breton See also:dialect. His Histoires poetiques (1855) was crowned by the French See also:Academy. His See also:work is small in bulk, but is characterized by simplicity and sincerity.° Brizeux was an ardent student of the See also:philology and See also:archaeology of Brittany, and had collected materials for a See also:dictionary of Breton See also:place-names He died at See also:Montpellier on the 3rd of May 1858. His 'Mimes completes (2 vols., 186o) were edited with a See also:notice of the author by See also:Saint-Rene See also:Taillandier. Another edition appeared in 188o–1884 (4 vols.). A long See also:list of articles on his work may be consulted in an exhaustive monograph, Brizeux; sa See also:vie et ses oeuvres (1898), by the See also:abbe C. Lecigne. End of Article: BRIZEUX, JULIEN AUGUSTE PELAGE (1803-1858)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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