Jose Maria de Heredia (Heredia Jose Maria de)( French poet.)
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Biography Jose Maria de Heredia (Heredia Jose Maria de)
(1842-1905) Born November 22, 1842 in Cuba, since 1851 was brought up and lived in France. A favorite pupil. de Lisle, he can be considered the most characteristic 'Parnassians'. Lyrics Heredia collected in the book Trophies (Les Trophes, 1893) - a 118 sonnets and several other poems. Sonnets are divided into five cycles devoted to Greece and Sicily, Rome and the barbarians, medieval and Renaissance, East and tropics, Nature and Dream. The book is immediately brought Heredia fame, and in 1894 he was elected to the French Academy. His house became a meeting place for poets of contemporary. Heredia died in the Chateau de des Bourdonnais near Paris on Oct. 3, 1905.
Heredia avoided in his poems personal evaluations and philosophical reflection, it only concerns the objectivity and Beauty. In an era when the virtuosity of technique was considered the only requirement for the poet, his skillful sonnets, in which there is no place subjective moods and whims of inspiration, seemed a model of perfection.
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