Alexandre Soumet
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Alexandre Soumet (French: [sumɛ]; 18 February 1788 – 30 March 1845) was a French poet.
Biography
Alexandre Soumet was born at
Soumet's Norma, ou L'infanticide (Norma, or The Infanticide) was adapted by Vincenzo Bellini into the well-known opera Norma.
Under
Louis XVIII Soumet became librarian of Saint-Cloud, and subsequently was transferred to Rambouillet and to Compiègne.[1]
He died leaving an unfinished epic on Jeanne d'Arc. His daughter Gabrielle (Mme Beauvain d'Altenheim) had collaborated with him in some of his later works.[1]
References
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Soumet, Alexandre". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 437.
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