Marie-André Chénier

Marie-André Chénier (1762-1794) was a French poet, greatest in the 18th century, born at Constantinople. He was author of odes, idylls, and elegies, which place him high among French poets. He took part in the Revolution as a lover of order as well as of liberty. He offended Robespierre, and was guillotined two days before the fall of Robespierre. As a poet he was distinguished for the purity of his style and his originality.

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