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CLOVIS HUGUES (1851-1907)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 869 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLOVIS See also:HUGUES (1851-1907)  , See also:French poet and socialist, was See also:born at Menerbes in See also:Vaucluse on the 3rd of See also:November 1851 . He studied for the priesthood, but did not take orders . For some revolutionary articles in the See also:local papers of See also:Marseilles he was condemned in 1871 to three years' imprisonment and a See also:fine of 6000 francs . In 1877 he fought a See also:duel in which he killed his adversary, a See also:rival journalist . Elected See also:deputy by Marseilles in the See also:general elections of 1881, he was at that See also:time the See also:sole representative of the Socialist party in the See also:chambers . He was re-elected in 1885, and in 1893 became one of the deputies for See also:Paris, retaining his seat until 1906 . He died on the 11th of See also:June 1907 . His poems, novels and comedies are full of wit and exuberant vitality . His See also:principal See also:works are: Poemes de See also:prison (1875), written during his detention, Soirs de bataille (1883); Jours de combat (1883); And Le Travail (1889) ; the novels, Madame Phaeton (1885) and See also:Monsieur le gendarme (1891); and the dramas, Uwe etoile (1888) and Le sommeil de See also:Danton (1888) .

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