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Charles Julien Lioult De Chenedolle

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CHENEDOLLE, CHARLES JULIEN LIOULT DE (1769-1833), French poet, was born at Vire (Calvados). Emi grating in 1791, he fought two campaigns in the army of Conde. On his return to Paris in 1799 he met Chateaubriand and his sister Lucile (Mme. de Caud), to whom he became deeply at tached. After her death in 1804, Chenedolle returned to Nor mandy, where he married and became eventually inspector of the academy of Caen The works of Chenedolle, which include Le Genie de l'Homme (1807) and Etudes poetiques (1820), were edited in 1864 by Sainte Beuve, who drew portraits of him in his Chateaubriand et son groupe and in an article contributed to the Revue des deux mondes (June 1849) . See also E. Helland, Etude biographique et litteraire sur Chenedolle (1857) ; L. de Samie, Chenedolle (1922).

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