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Chénier

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Chénier (French) [ʃenje]
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1. (Biographies / Chénier, André (Marie de) (1762-1794) M, French, WRITING: poet) André (Marie de) (ɑ̃dre). 1762-94, French poet; his work was influenced by the ancient Greek elegiac poets. He was guillotined during the French Revolution
2. (Biographies / Chénier, Marie-Joseph (Blaise de) (1764-1811) M, French, THEATRE: dramatist, POLITICS: politician) his brother, Marie-Joseph (Blaise de). 1764-1811, French dramatist and politician. He wrote patriotic songs and historical plays, such as


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is an opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, based on the life of the French poet André Chénier (1762-1794).
 
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