Théodore de Banville

thumb| Théodore Faullain de Banville (14 March 1823 – 13 March 1891) was a French poet and writer. His work was influential on the Symbolist movement in French literature in the late 19th century. Quotes Jeune homme sans mèlancolie, Blond comme un soleil d’Italie, Garde bien ta belle folie. Young man, without melancholy, blond as the sun in Italy, cherish your fine folly. «À Adolphe Gaïffe», in Odelettes, 2nd ed. (1856), p. 32 Tr. P. N. Furbank, E. M. Forster: A Life (London: Abacus, 1993), p. 159 Nous n'irons plus aux bois, les lauriers sont coupés. We go to the woods no more, the laurels are cut down. [Untitled], in Les Cariatides, new ed. (1864), p. 209 Tr. Eli Siegel, Hail, American Development (New York: Definition Press, 1968), p. 90 Licences poètiques. Il n’y en a pas. Petit traitè de poèsie française (1872), ch. 4 External links Category:1823 births Category:1891 deaths Category:Poets from France