Anne Bignan

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Anne Bignan (1795–1861)^[1] was a French poet and translator, known for his translations of Homer. His father, Jean-Louis-Dominique Bigna de Coyrol, raised Bignan in Paris. Bigna published his first translations of Homer in 1819^{[citation needed]} and won numerous prizes in France in the following years.^[1] He is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.^[2]

Selected works

L'Épître à un jeune romantique sur la gloire littéraire de la France [Epistle to a young romantic on the literary glory of France] - recipient of the Académie française poetry prize in 1831.^[1]

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1 2 3 Jalabert, Romain (2014). "Introduction". Francofonia (67): 3–7. ISSN 1121-953X. JSTOR 24808474. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
↑ Moiroux, Jules. Le Cimetière du Père Lachaise (in French). p. 73. Retrieved 4 September 2025.

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