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Leconte de Lisle
1818Oct, 22

Leconte de Lisle

Leconte de Lisle, French poet and author (d. 1894)
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (French: [ʃaʁl maʁi ʁəne ləkɔ̃t də lil]; 22 October 1818 – 17 July 1894) was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. He is traditionally known by his surname only, Leconte de Lisle.

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