Born in Lille, his family were Flemish and had long lived in the town or its suburbs. At the time of the poet's birth, his father, Jean-Baptiste Samain, and his mother, Elisa-Henriette Mouquet, conducted a business in "wines and spirits" at 75 rue de Paris.[1] Samain's father died when he was quite young; it was necessary for him to leave school and seek a trade. He moved to Paris in around 1880, where his poetry won him a following and he began mixing with avant-gardeliterary society, and began publicly reciting his poems at Le Chat Noir. His poems were strongly influenced by those of Baudelaire, and began to strike a somewhat morbid and elegiac tone. He also was influenced by Verlaine; his works disclose a taste for indecisive, vague imagery. Samain helped found the Mercure de France, and also worked on the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Samain published three volumes of verse: Au Jardin de l'Infante (1893), which made him famous; Aux flancs du vase (1898) and Le Chariot d'or (1901). His poetic drama Polyphème was set to music by Jean Cras. Samain died of tuberculosis.
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albert, samain, albert, victor, samain, april, 1858, august, 1900, french, poet, writer, symbolist, school, contents, life, works, musical, settings, quotation, references, external, linkslife, works, editborn, lille, family, were, flemish, long, lived, town, . Albert Victor Samain 3 April 1858 18 August 1900 was a French poet and writer of the Symbolist school Albert Samain Contents 1 Life and works 2 Musical settings 3 Quotation 4 References 5 External linksLife and works editBorn in Lille his family were Flemish and had long lived in the town or its suburbs At the time of the poet s birth his father Jean Baptiste Samain and his mother Elisa Henriette Mouquet conducted a business in wines and spirits at 75 rue de Paris 1 Samain s father died when he was quite young it was necessary for him to leave school and seek a trade He moved to Paris in around 1880 where his poetry won him a following and he began mixing with avant garde literary society and began publicly reciting his poems at Le Chat Noir His poems were strongly influenced by those of Baudelaire and began to strike a somewhat morbid and elegiac tone He also was influenced by Verlaine his works disclose a taste for indecisive vague imagery Samain helped found the Mercure de France and also worked on the Revue des Deux Mondes Samain published three volumes of verse Au Jardin de l Infante 1893 which made him famous Aux flancs du vase 1898 and Le Chariot d or 1901 His poetic drama Polypheme was set to music by Jean Cras Samain died of tuberculosis Musical settings editMany composers set Samain s poetry to music including Lili Boulanger Nadia Boulanger Alfredo Casella Edouard Devernay George Enescu Gabriel Faure Swan Hennessy Charles Koechlin Jacques Leguerney Adela Maddison Georges Migot Paul Paray Ottorino Respighi Adrien Rougier Camille Saint Saens Alice Sauvrezis Marcelle Soulage and others Quotation edit nbsp Portrait d Albert Samainpar Felix Vallotton 1896 nbsp French Wikisource has original text related to this article Albert Samain Je reve de vers doux et d intimes ramages De vers a froler l ame ainsi que des plumages De vers blonds ou le sens fluide se delie Comme sous l eau la chevelure d Ophelie De vers silencieux et sans rythme et sans trame Ou la rime sans bruit glisse comme une rame De vers d une ancienne etoffe extenuee Impalpable comme le son et la nuee De vers de soir d automne ensorcelant les heures Au rite feminin des syllabes mineures De vers de soirs d amour enerves de verveine Ou l ame sente exquise une caresse a peine Je reve de vers doux mourant comme des roses Au Jardin de l Infante dd dd dd dd References edit Six French Poets Studies in Contemporary Literature Amy Lowell New York Macmillan Company 1915 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Albert Samain Gosse Edmund William 1911 Samain Albert Victor Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 24 11th ed pp 106 107 Poems by Albert Samain English translations of Samain s poetry Poems by Albert Samain in French https web archive org web 20030219105826 http poesie webnet fr auteurs samain html SAMAIN Genealogy website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Albert Samain amp oldid 1109547624, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
