author
Émile Deschamps
b. 1857
A key early voice of French Romanticism, he helped champion a new literary style alongside figures like Victor Hugo. His poems, plays, translations, and librettos made him a lively presence in 19th-century French letters.
2 Audiobooks
Aan de kust van Malabar De Aarde en haar Volken, 1909
by Émile Deschamps
De Wallis-eilanden De Aarde en haar Volken, 1886
by Émile Deschamps
About the author
Born in Bourges in 1791, Émile Deschamps became one of the writers who helped shape French Romanticism. Although he first followed his father into government service, his literary interests quickly took over, and he began attracting attention in the early 19th century with his poetry and theatrical work.
He collaborated with Henri de Latouche on verse comedies, later founded La Muse française with Victor Hugo in 1824, and became known as one of the movement’s early advocates. His writing ranged widely across poems, stories, plays, librettos, and translations, including work that helped introduce French readers to major foreign authors.
Deschamps spent decades as a respected man of letters and remained associated with the Romantic generation throughout his career. He died in Versailles in 1871, leaving behind a body of work tied to one of the most energetic literary shifts of his time.