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Paul Déroulède


(born Sept. 2, 1846, Paris, France — died Jan. 30, 1914, Nice) French politician and poet. An ardent nationalist and advocate of revenge against Germany, he helped found the revanchist Ligue des Patriotes (League of Patriots), supported Georges Boulanger, and campaigned against Alfred Dreyfus. After trying to overthrow the government in 1899, he was exiled in 1900 but allowed to return in 1905. His patriotic poems include the collection Chants du soldat (1872).

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French Literature Companion: Paul Deroulède

Deroulède, Paul (1846-1914). Writer and politician. After military service in the Franco-Prussian War, Deroulède wrote a series of controversial plays of a sharply nationalistic tone, and joined the extreme right-wing movement of General Boulanger. Elected to the Assemblée Nationale, he became a vociferous opponent of the Third Republic and participated in the abortive military coup of February 1899. Exiled to Spain, he continued to write aggressively chauvinistic essays.

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