Xavier Marmier was a French

France

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 author born in Pontarlier

Pontarlier

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, in Doubs

Doubs

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. He had a passion for travelling, and this he combined throughout his life with the production of literature. After journeying in Switzerland

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, Belgium

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 and the Netherlands

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, he was attached in 1835 to the Arctic expedition of the Recherche; and after a couple of years at Rennes

Rennes

Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...

 as professor of foreign literature, he visited (1842) Russia

Russia

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, (1845) Syria

Syria

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, (1846) Algeria

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, (1848-1849) North America

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 and South America

South America

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, and numerous volumes from his pen were the result. In 1870 he was elected to the Academy

Académie française

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 (Seat 31), and he was for many years prominently identified with the Sainte-Geneviève library. He did much to encourage the study of Scandinavian literature

Scandinavian literature

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 in France, publishing translations of Holberg

Ludvig Holberg

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, Oehlenschlager

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger

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 and others. He died in Paris

Paris

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in 1892.

Works

• 1833: Pierre, ou les suites de l'ignorance
• 1833-1837: Choix de paraboles de Krummacher, 2 vol.
• 1837: Lettres sur l'Islande
• 1838: Langue et littérature islandaises. Histoire de l'Islande depuis sa découverte jusqu'à nos jours
• 1839: Histoire de la littérature en Danemark et en Suède
• 1840: Lettres sur le Nord, 2 vol.
• 1841: Souvenirs de voyages et traditions populaires
• 1842: Chants populaires du Nord. Lettres sur la Hollande
• 1844: Poésies d'un voyageur. Relation des voyages de la commission scientifique du Nord, 2 vol.
• 1845: Nouveaux souvenirs de voyages en Franche-Comté
• 1847: Du Rhin au Nil, 2 vol. Lettres sur l'Algérie
• 1848: Lettres sur la Russie, la Finlande et la Pologne, 2 vol.
• 1851: Les Âmes en peine, contes d'un voyageur. Lettres sur l'Amérique, 2 vol.
• 1852: Les Voyageurs nouveaux, 3 vol.
• 1854: Lettres sur l'Adriatique et le Monténégro, 2 vol. Les perce-neige. Du Danube au Caucase
• 1856: Un été au bord de la Baltique. Au bord de la Néva
• 1857: Les quatre âges. Les drames intimes, contes russes
• 1858: Les fiancés de Spitzberg. La forêt noire
• 1858-1859: Voyage pittoresque en Allemagne, 2 vol.
• 1859: En Amérique et en Europe
• 1860: Gazida. Histoires allemandes et scandinaves
• 1861: Voyage en Suisse
• 1862: Hélène et Suzanne. Voyages et littérature
• 1863: En Alsace : l'avare et son trésor
• 1864: En chemin de fer. Nouvelles de l'Est et de l'Ouest. Les mémoires d'un orphelin. Le roman d'un héritier
• 1866: Histoire d'un pauvre musicien
• 1867: De l'Est à l'Ouest, voyages et littérature
• 1868: Les Drames du cœur. Les Hasards, contes de la vie
• 1873: Impressions et souvenirs d'un voyageur chrétien. Robert Bruce : comment on reconquiert un royaume
• 1874: Les États-Unis et le Canada. Récits américains. Trois jours de la vie d'une reine
• 1876: La vie dans la maison. En pays lointains
• 1879: Nouveaux récits de voyages
• 1880: Antonia
• 1882: Légendes des plantes et des oiseaux
• 1883: À la maison. Études et souvenirs
• 1884: En Franche-Comté. Le succès par la persévérance
• 1885: Passé et présent. Récits de voyage
• 1889: À travers les tropiques
• 1890: Au Sud et au Nord. Prose et vers

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