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Joseph Boulmier
b. 1821
A 19th-century French poet and scholar, remembered especially for helping revive the villanelle. His work also ranged into literary history and criticism, giving him a small but distinctive place in French letters.
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Estienne Dolet: Sa vie, ses œuvres, son martyre
by Joseph Boulmier
About the author
Born in Burgundy in 1821, Joseph Boulmier was a French writer, poet, and man of letters active in the 19th century. Sources found during this search describe him as a Paris-centered literary figure in his early years and show that he published multiple books across poetry and scholarly prose.
He is best known for bringing renewed attention to the villanelle, an older poetic form that later became much more widely recognized. In addition to poetry, he wrote historical and critical studies, including work on the Renaissance humanist Estienne Dolet.
The available records located here are fairly brief, but they consistently present him as both a creative writer and an erudite literary scholar. I could not confirm a suitable portrait image from the pages retrieved, so no profile image is included.