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| Born | 8 February 1815  Saint-Denis (France) |
| Died | 31 July 1897 (aged 82) Paris |
| Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery |
| Other names | Poète-pays |
| Occupation | Poet, translator, librarian, writer |
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Auguste Lacaussade (8 February 1815 – 31 July 1897) was a French poet who also worked as a translator and a librarian.[1]
Auguste Lacaussade is a French mulatto born in Saint-Denis (Bourbon Island). Some of his works are on the theme of Maroons, such as Les Salaziennes (1839) or Le Lac des Goyaviers et le Piton d’Anchaine in Poèmes et Paysages (1897).[2]
Selected works
Poems
- Les Salaziennes (1839)
- Poèmes et paysages (1852)
- Les Épaves (1861)
Songs
- Mon Etoile (1842) (feat. D. José Jesús Pérez, composer)
- La Voix de mes jours passés (1844) (feat. Peppe Gambogi, composer)
References
- ↑ "Auguste Lacaussade". New England Review.
- ↑ "The literature of slavery and maroonage on Reunion island". Portail-Esclavage-Reunion.
Further reading
- Cook, Mercer (1943). "Auguste Lacaussade". Five French Negro authors (The Associated Publishers ed.). p. 164. LCCN 43013504. OCLC 493331189.
- Kinsella, John (2017). "Auguste Lacaussade". Polysituatedness : a poetics of displacement (Manchester University Press ed.). p. 430. doi:10.7228/manchester/9781526113344.003.0023. ISBN 9781526113344. OCLC 1247941070.
External links
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