Francis Vielé-Griffin

Francis Vielé-Griffin
Born (1864-05-26)26 May 1864
Norfolk, Virginia, US
Died 12 November 1937(1937-11-12) (aged 73)
Occupation Poet
Genre Symbolist

Francis Vielé-Griffin (May 26, 1864 – November 12, 1937), was a French symbolist poet. He was born at Norfolk, Virginia, USA and was the son of Egbert Ludovicus Viele.

Vielé-Griffin was educated in France and divided his time between Paris and Touraine. He was a writer of vers libre and founded the highly influential journal Entretiens politiques et littéraires (1890–92).[1]

Works

His volumes include:[1]

  • Cueille d'avril (1885)
  • Les Cygnes (1887; new series, 1892)
  • La Chevauchée d'Yeldis (1893)
  • Swanhilde, a dramatic poem (1894)
  • Laus Veneris (1895), a volume of translations from Swinburne
  • Poèmes et Poésies (1895), a collection containing much of his earlier work
  • Phocas le jardinier (1898)
  • La Légende ailee de Wieland le Forgeron (1899), a dramatic poem.
  • L'Amour sacré (1903), poems

References

  1. 1 2 Chisholm 1911, p. 50.
Attribution
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Viélé-Griffin, Francis". Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 50.


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