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{{Short description|French Poet}}
{{Short description|French poet}}
{{Infobox Biography
{{Infobox person
| name = Amedee Prouvost
| name = Amedee Prouvost
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| death_date = May 8, 1909
| death_date = May 8, 1909
| death_place = [[Roubaix]]
| death_place = [[Roubaix]]
| nationality = [[France]]
| nationality = French
| education = [[University of Bonn]]
| education = [[University of Bonn]]
| father = Amédée II Prouvost
| father = Amédée II Prouvost
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'''Amédée Prouvost''' (born September 4, 1877, in [[Roubaix]] – May 8, 1909, Roubaix.) is a French<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISNI 0000000449264058 Amédée Prouvost (French poet) ( 1877- ) |url=https://isni.oclc.org/xslt/DB=1.2//CMD?ACT=SRCH&IKT=8006&TRM=ISN:0000000449264058&TERMS_OF_USE_AGREED=Y&terms_of_use_agree=send&COOKIE=U51,KENDUSER,I28,B0028++++++,SY,NISNI,D1.2,E230e3823-b,A,H1,,3-28,,30-41,,43-59,,65-70,,74-75,R212.80.196.58,FY&COOKIE=U51,KENDUSER,I28,B0028++++++,SY,NISNI,D1.2,E230e3823-b,A,H1,,3-28,,30-41,,43-59,,65-70,,74-75,R208.80.154.29,FY |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=isni.oclc.org}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=May 2023}} [[industrialist]] and poet, born in Roubaix on September 4, 1877, and died on May 8, 1909, in Roubaix.<ref>{{Cite web |title=194495831 |url=https://viaf.org/viaf/194495831/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=viaf.org}}</ref>
'''Amédée Prouvost''' (September 4, 1877 – May 8, 1909) was a French<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISNI 0000000449264058 Amédée Prouvost (French poet) ( 1877- ) |url=https://isni.oclc.org/xslt/DB=1.2//CMD?ACT=SRCH&IKT=8006&TRM=ISN:0000000449264058&TERMS_OF_USE_AGREED=Y&terms_of_use_agree=send&COOKIE=U51,KENDUSER,I28,B0028++++++,SY,NISNI,D1.2,E230e3823-b,A,H1,,3-28,,30-41,,43-59,,65-70,,74-75,R212.80.196.58,FY&COOKIE=U51,KENDUSER,I28,B0028++++++,SY,NISNI,D1.2,E230e3823-b,A,H1,,3-28,,30-41,,43-59,,65-70,,74-75,R208.80.154.29,FY |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=isni.oclc.org}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=May 2023}} [[industrialist]] and poet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=194495831 |url=https://viaf.org/viaf/194495831/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=viaf.org}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Amédée III Prouvost is the son of industrialist Amédée II Prouvost (1853–1927) and the grandson of Amédée I Prouvost (1820–1885), co-founder of [[Peignage Amédée Prouvost]]. He married Céline Lorthiois, daughter of businessman Floris Lorthiois and Céline Motte, and sister of Pierre Lorthiois. After being widowed, she remarried Louis Toulemonde.
Amédée III Prouvost was born in [[Roubaix]], the son of industrialist Amédée II Prouvost (1853–1927) and the grandson of Amédée I Prouvost (1820–1885), co-founder of [[Peignage Amédée Prouvost]]. He married Céline Lorthiois, daughter of businessman Floris Lorthiois and Céline Motte, and sister of Pierre Lorthiois. After being widowed, she remarried Louis Toulemonde.


After studying literature for a year at the [[University of Bonn]] in [[Germany]], he traveled the world, visiting [[Italy]], [[Egypt]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], [[Syria]], [[Turkey]], and [[Greece]]. Upon returning to Roubaix, he rejoins the family industry. He dedicates himself to literature, publishing several poetry collections, which earned him the Archon-Despérouses Prize (from the [[Académie Française|French Academy]]) in 1906 and recognition from the Society of Sciences, Agriculture, and Arts of Lille.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amédée Prouvost |url=https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpJfKYq3X7MT8jyHkrjG3.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=id.oclc.org}}</ref>[[File:Monument Amédée Prouvost, Roubaix J1.jpg|thumb|Monument Amédée Prouvost in the park Barbieux in Roubaix, France.]]
After studying literature for a year at the [[University of Bonn]] in [[Germany]], he traveled the world, visiting [[Italy]], [[Egypt]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], [[Syria]], [[Turkey]], and [[Greece]]. Upon returning to Roubaix, he rejoins the family industry. He dedicates himself to literature, publishing several poetry collections, which earned him the Archon-Despérouses Prize (from the [[Académie Française|French Academy]]) in 1906 and recognition from the Society of Sciences, Agriculture, and Arts of Lille.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amédée Prouvost |url=https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpJfKYq3X7MT8jyHkrjG3.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=id.oclc.org}}</ref>[[File:Monument Amédée Prouvost, Roubaix J1.jpg|thumb|Monument Amédée Prouvost in the park Barbieux in Roubaix, France.]]
He notably contributes to ''Le Beffroi'', ''[[Le Correspondant]]'', ''La Renaissance latine, La Revue septentrionale, [[Durendal (magazine)|Durendal]], La Revue de Lille, and Le Journal de Roubaix''. In early 1909, he contracts pulmonary tuberculosis and dies on May 8, 1909.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amédée PROUVOST {{!}} Académie française |url=https://www.academie-francaise.fr/node/16041 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.academie-francaise.fr}}</ref> A monument in honor of Amédée Prouvost has been erected in Barbieux Park in Roubaix.
He notably contributes to ''Le Beffroi'', ''[[Le Correspondant]]'', ''La Renaissance latine, La Revue septentrionale, [[Durendal (magazine)|Durendal]], La Revue de Lille, and Le Journal de Roubaix''.
In early 1909, he contracted pulmonary tuberculosis and died on May 8, 1909 in Roubaix.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amédée PROUVOST {{!}} Académie française |url=https://www.academie-francaise.fr/node/16041 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.academie-francaise.fr}}</ref> A monument in honor of Amédée Prouvost has been erected in Barbieux Park in Roubaix.


== Works ==
== Works ==
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Amedee Prouvost
BornSeptember 4, 1877
Roubaix
DiedMay 8, 1909
Roubaix
NationalityFrench
EducationUniversity of Bonn
FatherAmédée II Prouvost

Amédée Prouvost (September 4, 1877 – May 8, 1909) was a French[1][better source needed] industrialist and poet.[2]

Biography

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Amédée III Prouvost was born in Roubaix, the son of industrialist Amédée II Prouvost (1853–1927) and the grandson of Amédée I Prouvost (1820–1885), co-founder of Peignage Amédée Prouvost. He married Céline Lorthiois, daughter of businessman Floris Lorthiois and Céline Motte, and sister of Pierre Lorthiois. After being widowed, she remarried Louis Toulemonde.

After studying literature for a year at the University of Bonn in Germany, he traveled the world, visiting Italy, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, and Greece. Upon returning to Roubaix, he rejoins the family industry. He dedicates himself to literature, publishing several poetry collections, which earned him the Archon-Despérouses Prize (from the French Academy) in 1906 and recognition from the Society of Sciences, Agriculture, and Arts of Lille.[3]

Monument Amédée Prouvost in the park Barbieux in Roubaix, France.

He notably contributes to Le Beffroi, Le Correspondant, La Renaissance latine, La Revue septentrionale, Durendal, La Revue de Lille, and Le Journal de Roubaix.

In early 1909, he contracted pulmonary tuberculosis and died on May 8, 1909 in Roubaix.[4] A monument in honor of Amédée Prouvost has been erected in Barbieux Park in Roubaix.

Works

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  • The Traveling Soul (1903)
  • The Poem of Work and Dream (1905)
  • Moonlight Sonatas (Calmann-Lévy, 1906) – Archon-Despérouses Prize
  • Christmas Tale, a verse skit illustrated by André des Gachons (1907)
  • Selected and Unpublished Pages, with a preface by Jules Lemaître (Grasset, 1911)
  • We Will No Longer Go to the Woods, fragments of a comedy in verse

Sources

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  • Canon Constantin Lecigne, "Amédée Prouvost," Grasset, 1911
  • Adolphe van Bever, "Poets of the Land from the 15th Century to the 20th Century," 1920
  • Gérard Walch, "Poets of Yesterday and Today," 1916

References

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  1. ^ "ISNI 0000000449264058 Amédée Prouvost (French poet) ( 1877- )". isni.oclc.org. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  2. ^ "194495831". viaf.org. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  3. ^ "Amédée Prouvost". id.oclc.org. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  4. ^ "Amédée PROUVOST | Académie française". www.academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
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