Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

1804–1869

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869) was a French literary critic and poet from Boulogne-sur-Mer, the most influential critic of nineteenth-century France. Close to Victor Hugo and the Romantics in his youth, he later became famous for his weekly essays, the Causeries du lundi.

His own poetry appeared in Vie, poésies et pensées de Joseph Delorme (1829) and Les Consolations (1830), intimate verse that influenced Baudelaire. His major historical work is Port-Royal. He was elected to the Académie française in 1844.

Best-known poems

All poems (51)

A 9

C 2

D 2

E 5

I 1

J 2

L 11

M 3

O 1

P 8

Q 1

R 1

S 4

T 1