CHARLES

See also:

• JULIEN, STANISLAS (1797?-1873)

JULIEN LIOULT DE

See also:

• CHARLES JULIEN LIOULT DE CHENEDOLLE (1769-1833)

CHENEDOLLE (1769-1833)  , French poet, was born at Vire (Calvados) on the 4th of November 1769, He early showed a vocation for poetry, but the outbreak of the Revolution temporarily diverted his energy . Emigrating in 1791, he fought two campaigns in the army of Conde, and eventually found his way to Hamburg, where he met Antoine de Rivarol, of whose brilliant conversation he has left an account . He also visited Mme de Stael in her retreat at Coppet . On his return to Paris in 1799 he met Chateaubriand and his sister Lucile (Mme de Caud), to whom he became deeply attached . After her death in 1804, Chenedolle returned to Normandy, where he married and became eventually inspector of the academy of Caen (1812-1832) . With the exception of occasional visits to Paris, he spent the rest of his life in his native province . He died at the chateau de Coisel on the 2nd of December 1833 . He published his Genie de l'Homme in 1807, and in 1820 his Etudes poetiques, which had the misfortune to appear shortly after the Meditations of Lamartine, so that the author did not receive the credit of their real originality . Chenedolle had many sympathies with the romanticists, and was a contributor to their organ, the Muse francaise . His other works include the Esprit de Rivarol (18o8) in conjunction with F . J . M .

Fayolle . The works of Chenedolle were edited in 1864 by Sainte-Beuve, who

drew portraits of him in his Chateaubriand et son groupe and in an article contributed to the Revue des deux mondes (June 1849) . See also E . Helland, Etude biographique et litteraire sur Chenedolle (1857); Cazin, Notice sur Chenedolle (1869) .