Leconte de Lisle was born on the French overseas island of La Réunion, in the Indian Ocean.

[2] His father, an army surgeon who brought Leconte up with great severity, sent him to travel in the East Indies intending to prepare him for a business career.

However, after returning from this journey, the young man preferred to complete his education in Rennes, Brittany, specializing in Greek, Italian and history.

[3] He was involved in the French Revolution of 1848 which ended with the overthrow of the Orleans King Louis Philippe of France, but took no further part in politics after the Second Republic was declared.

His first volume, La Vénus de Milo, attracted to him a number of friends many of whom were passionately devoted to classical literature.

[n 1] Leconte de Lisle played a leading role in the Parnassian poetic movement (1866) and shared many of the values of other poets of this generation, bridging the Romantic and Symbolist periods.

Although Leconte de Lisle was a fervent Republican, during the reign of Napoleon III he accepted the pensions and decorations offered to him by the Emperor.

These works earned him a post as Assistant Librarian at the Luxembourg Palace in 1873; in 1886 he was elected to the French Academy, in succession to Victor Hugo.

Leconte de Lisle died on 17 July 1894 at Voisins in the township of Louveciennes, to the west of Paris.

Poetry Les États du Diable 1895 Posthumous publication: only a fragment remains of this work, published in Derniers poèmes, 1895, with the title Cozza et Borgia.

Ernest Chausson extracted a lyrical theme from it in (1885) Theatre Les Érinnyes 1873 Tragedia antica, M. MassenetPremière partie - Klytaimnestra ; - Orestès.

Récit en prose Une Peau de Tigre 1841 Published in La Variété, March 1841.

Historical book A People's History of Christianity (Histoire Populaire du Christianisme) 1871, 2013 Édition Lemerre.

Editions Alliage Historical book A People's History of the French Revolution (Histoire Populaire de la Révolution française) 1871; 2013 Édition Lemerre.

Editions Alliage Historical book A People's History of the Middle Ages (Histoire Populaire du Moyen-Âge) 1876 Written in collaboration with Jean Marras and Pierre Gosset.

Notice Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du mal, édition, Paris, Poulet-Malassis 1861 Revue Européenne, décembre 1861.

Cet article est intégré dans le recueil posthume Derniers poèmes, 1895, en dernière place des Poètes contemporains.

Notice Les Poètes contemporains : Béranger, Lamartine, Victor Hugo, Alfred de Vigny, Auguste Barbier 1864 Publié dans Le Nain jaune : Avant-propos, 3/08/1864 ;- Béranger, 13/08/1864 ;- Lamartine, 20/08/1864 ;- Victor Hugo, 31/08/1864 ; - Alfred de Vigny, 10/09/1864 ;- Auguste Barbier, 01/10/1864.