Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve praised Chénier as a heroic forerunner of the Romantic movement and a precursor of Victor Hugo
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André Chénier
André Marie Chénier was a French poet associated with the events of the French Revolution, during which he was sentenced to death. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement. His career was brought to an abrupt end when he was guillotined for supposed "crimes against the state". Chénier's life has been the subject of Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chén…
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culture · French poet 1762–1794 · poet · writer · also André Chénier, Andre Chenier, Chénier
Born 30 October 1762 · Died 25 July 1794 · Q295548
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Died 1794-07-25.
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Born 1762-10-30.
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