Jean François Victor Aicard (4 February 1848 – 13 May 1921) was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist. Biography He was born in Toulon. His father, Jean Aicard, was a journalist of some distinction, and the son began his career in 1867 with Les Jeunes Croyances, followed in 1870 by a one-act play produced at the Marseille theatre. His poems include: Les Rebellions et les apaisements (1871); Poèmes de Provence (1874), and La Chanson de l'enfant (1876), both of which were crowned by the Academy; Miette et Noré (1880), a Provençal idyll; Le Livre d'heures de l'amour (1887); Jésus (1896). Of his plays the most successful was Le Père Lebonnard (1890), which was originally produced at the Théâtre Libre. Among his other works are the novels, Le Roi de Camargue (1890), L'Ame d'un enfant (1898) and Tata (1901), Benjamine (1906) and La Vénus de Milo (1874); an account of the discovery of the statue from unpublished documents, He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1909. He was elected mayor of Solliès-Ville in 1919, had the ruins of the Forbin castle listed as a historic monument and had the Comédie-Française play his play Forbin de Solliès ou le Testament du roi René there. He died in Paris, 13 May 1921. Selected works Poetry Les Rebellions et les apaisements (1871) Les Poèmes de Provence (1874) La Chanson des enfants (1876) Miette et Note (1880) Lemartine (1883) which received the prize of the Académie française Le Livre d'heures de l'amour (1887) Jésus (1896) Le témoin (1914-1916) Novels La Vénus de Milo (1874) Le Roi de Camargue (1890), translated as King of Camargue (1901) Notre-Dame-d'Amour (1896), online at: L'Âme d'un enfant (1898) Tatas (1901) Benjamine (1906) Maurin des Maures (1908) L'illustre Maurin (1908) Dramatic works for stage Pygmalion (1878) Othello ou le More de Venise (1881) Le Père Lebonnard (1889) References Attribution External links 1848 births 1921 deaths Writers from Toulon 19th-century French poets 19th-century French novelists 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Members of the Académie Française French male poets French male novelists 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French male writers