To view the full article, please click here. He is also known for his translations of Ancient Greek tragedians and poets, such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Horace. He was involved in the French Revolution of 1848 which ended with the overthrow of the Orleans King Louis-Philppe of France, but took no further part in politics after the Second Republic was declared.Īs a writer he is most famous for his three collections of poetry: Poèmes antiques (1852), Poèmes barbares (1862), Poèmes tragiques (1884). In 1845 he settled definitively in Paris. However, after returning from this journey, the young man preferred to complete his education in Rennes, Britanny, specializing in Greek, Italian and history. His father, an army surgeon, who brought him up with great severity, sent him to travel in the East Indies with a view to preparing him for a business career. Among his friends in those years was the musician Charles Bénézit. He spent his childhood there and later in Brittany.
Leconte de Lisle was born on the French overseas island of La Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. He is traditionally known by his surname only, Leconte de Lisle. Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. La Di Da Di was originally recorded in one take for the cost of 500, intended to be just a B-side for the duos 1985 single The Show.
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