Jules Lemaître, pictured towards the end of his life.

François Élie Jules Lemaître (April 27, 1853 - August 4, 1914), was a French critic and dramatist. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama.

He was born at Vennecy (Loiret). Vennecy is a Village and commune in the Loiret département of northern-central France. Loiret is a department in north-central France named after the Loiret River. He became a professor at the university of Grenoble, but was already well known for his literary criticism, and in 1884 he resigned his position to devote his time to literature. Literary criticism is the study discussion evaluation and interpretation of Literature. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year He succeeded JJ Weiss as drama critic of the Journal des Débats, and subsequently filled the same office on the Revue des Deux Mondes. Journal des débats ("Journal of Debates" was a French Newspaper, published between 1789 and 1944 that changed title several times The Revue des Deux Mondes (Review of the Two Worlds is a monthly literary and cultural affairs Magazine published in the French language. His literary studies were collected under the title of Les Contemporains (7 series, 1886-1899), and his dramatic feuilletons as impressions de théàtre (10 series, 1888-1898).

His sketches of modern authors show great insight and unexpected judgment as well as gaiety and originality of expression. He published two volumes of poetry: Les Médaillons (1880) and Petites orientales (1883); also some volumes of contes, among them En marge des vieux livres (1905). His plays are:

• Révoltée (1889)
• Le député Leveau, and Le Manage blanc (1891)
• Les Rois (1893)
• Le Pardon and L'Age difficile (1895)
• La Massière (1905)
• Bertnade (1906)

He was admitted to the French Academy on January 16 1896. L'Académie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. His political views were defined in La Campagne nationaliste (1902), lectures delivered in the provinces by him and by Godefroy Cavaignac. Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac ( May 21, 1853 - September 25, 1905) French Politician, was born in Paris He conducted a nationalist campaign in the Écho de Paris, and was for some time president of the Ligue de la Patrie Française, but resigned in 1904, and dedicated the rest of his life to writing. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on

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External links

• Works by Jules Lemaître at Project Gutenberg