André Chénier
✶October 30, 1762
†July 25, 1794
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†July 25, 1794
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André Marie Chénier was a French poet associated with the events of the French Revolution, during which he was sentenced to death. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement. His career was brought to an abrupt end when he was guillotined for supposed "crimes against the state". Chénier's life has been the subject of Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier and other works of art.
French poet
Biography from the article André Chénier on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.