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Gérard de Nerval
French writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855)
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Born | Gérard Labrunie (1808-05-22)22 May 1808 Paris, France |
Died | 26 January 1855(1855-01-26) (aged 46) Paris, France |
Occupation(s) | Essayist, poet, translator, travel writer |
Notable work | Voyage en Orient (1851) Les Filles du feu (1854), Aurélia (1855) |
Movement | Romanticism |
Gérard de Nerval (French:[ʒeʁaʁdənɛʁval]; 22 May 1808 – 26 January 1855), the pen name of the French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie, was a French essayist, poet, translator, and travel writer.
He was a major figure during the era of French romanticism, and best known for his novellas and poems, especially the collection Les Filles du feu (The Daughters of Fire), which included the novella Sylvie and the poem "El Desdichado".[1] Through his translations, Nerval played a major role in introducing French read