Henri de Bornier

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Henri, vicomte de Bornier (French pronunciation:

dramatist
.

Biography

He came to Paris in 1845 with the object of studying law, but in that year he published a volume of verse, Les Premieres Feuilles, and the Comédie-Française accepted a play of his entitled Le Mariage de Luther.[1]

He was given a post in the library of the

Berthe when he learns his real origin, procured for the piece a great success. The conflict between honor and love and the grandiose sentiment of the play inevitably provoked comparison with Corneille. The piece would indeed be a masterpiece if, as its critics were not slow to point out, the verse had been quite equal to the subject.[1]

de Bornier's signature

Among the numerous other works of de Bornier should be mentioned:

opera by Victorin de Joncières; and the dramas, Les Noces d'Attila (1880) and Mahomet (1888). The production of this last piece was forbidden in deference to the representations of the Turkish ambassador. In 1890, his play Mahomet on Islamic prophet Muhammad was completely banned by the orders of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.[2] Henri de Bornier was critic of the Nouvelle Revue from 1879 to 1887. His Poésies complètes were published in 1894. He died in January 1901.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 264.
  2. ISBN 978-97-53-89433-3
    . Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  3. ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 264–265.

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