BRIZEUX, JULIEN AUGUSTE PELAGE (1803 1858) , French poet, was born at Lorient (Morbihan) . In 1827 he produced at the Theatre Francais a one-act verse comedy, Racine, in collaboration with Philippe Busoni. Brizeux's second visit to Italy in 1834 resulted in the publication of a complete translation of the Divina Commedia in terza rimy (1841). With Primel el Nola (1852) he included poems written under Italian influence, entitled Les Ternaires (1841), but in the rustic idyll of Marie (1836) he turned to Breton country life; in Les Bretons (1845) he found his inspiration in the folk-lore and legends of his native province, and in (1844) he used the Breton dialect. His Histoires Poetiques (1855) was crowned by the French Academy. His work is small in bulk but is characterized by simplicity and sincerity.
See C. I.ecigne, Brizeux, sa vie et ses oeuvres (1898) .