JOSEPH AUTRAN
\d͡ʒˈə͡ʊsəf ˈɔːtɹan], \dʒˈəʊsəf ˈɔːtɹan], \dʒ_ˈəʊ_s_ə_f ˈɔː_t_ɹ_a_n]\
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A French poet; born in Marseilles in June 1813; died there, March 6, 1877. His verse is admired for its purity of form and refined sentiment. He attracted attention in 1832 with an ode to Lamartine, "The Departure for the East". His works include: "The Sea", poems (1835); "Milianah", an epic (1842); "Rural Life" (1856); and "The Daughter of Aeschylus", drama (1848), which won a prize from the French Academy.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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