Maurice Rollinat (December 29, 1846 in Châteauroux, Indre – October 26, 1903 in Ivry-sur-Seine) was a French poet. Contents 1 Early works 2 Brief fame 3 Publications 3.1 Posthumes 3.2 Contemporary editions 4 References 5 External links Early works His father represented Indre in the National Assembly of 1848, and was a friend of George Sand, whose influence is very marked in young Rollinats first volume, Dans les brandes (1877), and to whom it was dedicated. Brief fame After its publication, he abandoned realism and worked in a very different manner. He joined a literary circle that called themselves Les Hydropathes, founded by Émile Goudeau, an anti-clerical group with ties to the decadent literary movement. Under their influence wrote the poems that made his reputation. In Les Névroses, with the sub-title Les Âmes, Les Luxures, Les Refuges, Les Spectres, Les Ténèbres, he showed himself as a disciple of Charles Baudelaire. He constantly returns in these poems to the physical horrors of death, and is obsessed by unpleasant images. Less outre in sentiment are LAbîme (1886), La Nature, and a book of childrens verse, Le Livre de la Nature (1893). He was musician as well as poet, and set many of his songs to music. Several evenings a week, Rollinat would appear at the cabaret Le Chat Noir, and there he would perform his poems with piano accompaniment. His gaunt and pale appearance made his portrait a favourite subject for a number of painters, and the startling subjects of his verses brought him short lived fame; at the height of his popularity he drew a number of celebrities to the cabaret to see him perform; among them were Leconte de Lisle and Oscar Wilde. Rollinats friend Jules Barbey dAurevilly wrote that Rollinat might be Baudelaires superior in the sincerity and depth of his diabolism. Rollinat married the actress Cécile Pouettre. He lost his reason in consequence of his wifes death from rabies; after several suicide attempts, he died in an asylum at Ivry-sur-Seine. He is buried in the Saint-Denis cemetery in Châteauroux. Publications French Wikisource has original text related to this article: Maurice Rollinat 1877 : Dans les brandes 1883 : Les Névroses 1886 : LAbîme 1887 : Dix mélodies nouvelles 1892 : La Nature 1893 : Le Livre de la nature (anthology) 1896 : Les Apparitions 1898 : Ce que dit la Vie et ce que dit la Mort 1899 : Paysages et paysans 1903 : En errant, proses dun solitaire Posthumes 1904 : Ruminations : proses dun solitaire 1911 : Les Bêtes Composer Paul Aguiar Contemporanyorary editionsŒuvres (éditées par R. Miannay - 1977) - Lettres Modernes Minard : I. Dans les brandes (1877) II. Les Névrôses (1883) References Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press Régis Miannay, Maurice Rollinat, poète et musicien du fantastique, Badel, 1981. Hugues Lapaire, Rollinat, poète et musicien, Mellotté, 1932. Claire Le Guillou, Rollinat : ses amitiés artistiques, Joca seria, 2004. Association des amis de M. Rollinat, Actes du colloque 1996 (The hundredth anniversary of the poets birth), 2005. External links Biography and several poems (French) A selection of his verse (French) Works by or about Maurice Rollinat in libraries (WorldCat catalog) Free scores by Maurice Rollinat at the International Music Score Library Project
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