Achille Maffre de Baugé

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1855 – 1928

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Who was Achille Maffre de Baugé?

Achille Maffre de Baugé was an Occitan poet, native of Marseillan in the French département of l'Hérault.

A friend of Nobel Prize winner Frédéric Mistral, he is best known for Dièzes et Bémols and Terre d'Oc. He was a collaborator on the monthly review magazine Chimère, of which twenty issues appeared, a large number of which are now lost.

On the front of the Marseillan house in which he was born there is a portrait of de Baugé and a stone plaque with an extract from his poem Marseillan glorifying his village:

A primary school in Marseillan has been named "Maffre de Baugé" in his honour.

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Born
Mar 16, 1855
Marseillan
Nationality
  • France
Died
1928

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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