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Occupation
  
Writer Poet Traveller

Books
  
The Romance of L'Aiglon

Charles Didier (writer)

Born
  
15 September 1805
Geneva

Died
  
7 March 1864, Paris, France

Charles Didier (15 September 1805 – 7 March 1864) was a Swiss writer, poet and traveller.

Charles Didier followed classic studies in Geneva, where he published two collections of poems, La Harpe helvétique (1825) and Mélodies helvétiques (1825).

In 1827, attracted by the myth of Italy, he decided to undertake a trip to the peninsula, where he went as a tutor. In 1829 his travels took him to Sicily.

On his return from Italy in 1830, he moved to Paris, where he became for a few years, George Sand's lover, "ill-maried" and divorced from Casimir Dudevant, along Michel de Bourges and the actor Bocage

Prevented by impending blindness, to take the road to the East, Charles Didier ended his life by committing suicide March 7, 1864 in Paris after long suffering.

Works

Poetry
  • 1825: La Harpe helvétique
  • 1825: Mélodies helvétiques
  • Novels
  • 1833: Rome souterraine
  • 1838: Chavornay
  • 1844–45 Caroline en Sicile
  • 1859: Les amours d'Italie
  • Travels
  • 1837: Une année en Espagne
  • 1842: Campagne de Rome
  • 1844: Promenade au Maroc
  • 1856: Cinq cents lieues sur le Nil
  • He also wrote reports for the Revue encyclopédique and the Revue des deux Mondes.

    References

    Charles Didier (writer) Wikipedia