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See also: born in See also: Paris on the 29th of See also: November 1785
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An Ode ei la grande armee, mistaken at the See also: time for the See also: work of Ecouchard See also: Lebrun, attracted See also: Napoleon's See also: attention, and secured for theauthor a pension of 1200 francs
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Lebrun's plays, once famous, are now forgotten
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They are: Ulysse (1814), See also: Marie See also: Stuart (1820), which obtained a See also: great success, and Le See also: Cid d'Andalousie (1825)
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Lebrun visited See also: Greece in 1820, and on his return to Paris he published in 1822 an ode on the See also: death of Napoleon which cost him his pension
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In 1825 he was the See also: guest of See also: Sir Walter See also: Scott at See also: Abbotsford
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The See also: coronation of See also: Charles X. in that
See also: year inspired the verses entitled La Vallee de Champrosay, which have, perhaps, done more to secure his fame than his more ambitious attempts
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In 1828 appeared his most important poem, La Grece, and in the same year he was elected to the See also: Academy
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The revolution of 1830 opened up for him a public career; in 1831 he was made director of the Imprimerie Royale, and subsequently filled with distinction other public offices, becoming senator in 18J3
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He died on the 27th of May 1873
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See Sainte-Beuve, Portraits contemporains, vol. ii
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