Xavier de Magallon

Xavier de Magallon (1866-1956) was a French poet, translator and politician.

Xavier de Magallon
Xavier de Magallon in 1920
Born
Xavier, Joseph, Frédéric, Guillaume de Magallon d'Agens

April 2, 1866
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
DiedSeptember 6, 1956
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
OccupationPoet, translator, politician

Early life

Xavier de Magallon d'Agens was born in Marseille, Provence, France on April 2, 1866.[1] During World War I, he volunteered to serve in the French Army.[2] He received the Croix de Guerre for his service.[2]

Career

De Magallon served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1919 to 1924, representing Hérault.[2] He ran as a property owner and defended free enterprise.[2] He believed in harmony between business and labour.[2]

De Magallon was a poet whose work was published in literary journals.[1] He also translated texts from Latin into French.[1] For example, he translated Virgil's Eclogues in 1943.[3]

De Magallon has been described as a "Catholic populist".[4]

Death

De Magallon died in 1956 in Marseille.[2]

References
  1. "Xavier de Magallon (1866-1956)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  2. "Xavier, Joseph, Frédéric, Guillaume de Magallon d'Agens". Assemblee nationale. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  3. Patterson, Annabel M. (1987). Pastoral and Ideology: Virgil to Valéry. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 316–317. ISBN 9780520058620. OCLC 14379028.
  4. Secondy, Philippe (2011). "Un pionnier de la " propagande politique " dans la France de l'affaire Dreyfus : l'abbé Émile Fourié". Revue d'histoire du XIXe siècle. 43: 95–113. Retrieved April 25, 2016.


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