Biography
Jean François Victor Aicard (4 February 1848 – 13 May 1921) was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was born in Toulon. His father, Jean Aicard, was a journalist of some distinction, and the son began his career in 1867 with Les Jeunes Croyances, followed in 1870 by a one-act play produced at the Marseille theatre.
His poems include: Les Rebellions et les apaisements (1871); Poèmes de Provence (1874), and La Chanson de l'enfant (1876), both of which were crowned by the Academy; Miette et Noré (1880), a Provençal idyll; Le Livre d'heures de l'amour (1887); Jésus (1896). Of his plays the most successful was Le Père Lebonnard (1890), which was originally produced at the Théâtre Libre. Among his other works are the novels, Le Roi de Camargue (1890), L'Ame d'un enfant (1898) and Tata (1901), Benjamine (1906) and La Vénus de Milo (1874); an account of the discovery of the statue from unpublished documents,He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1909.
He was elected mayor of Solliès-Ville in 1919, had the ruins of the Forbin castle listed as a historic monument and had the Comédie-Française play his play Forbin de Solliès ou le Testament du roi René there.He died in Paris, 13 May 1921.
Filmography
all 16
Movies 15
Writer 15
TV Shows 1
Alta comedia (1970)
Le gardian (1946)
Papá Lebonard (1946)
The Black Diamond (1941)
Le père Lebonnard (1939)
Notre-Dame d'amour (1936)
Dawn Over France (1935)
King of the Camargue (1935)
L'illustre Maurin (1933)
Maurin of the Moors (1932)
La rue du pavé d'amour (1924)
Notre Dame d'amour (1923)
The Black Diamond (1922)
King of Camargue (1922)
Papà Lebonnard (1920)
The Blue Ibis (1919)
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GenderMale
Birthday1848-02-04
Deathday1921-05-13 (73 years old)
Birth NameJean François Victor Aicard
Birth PlaceToulon, France
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsKnight of the Legion of Honour, Grand-cross of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, prix de poésie de l'Académie française
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