Émile Nelligan

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person poet symbolist poet

Émile Nelligan was a pioneering Québécois poet whose symbolist, emotionally intense verse made him a central figure in early French-Canadian literature.

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Émile Nelligan canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
symbolist poet ⓘ
birthDate 1879-12-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Canada ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
citizenship Canada ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
creativeWorkCollection Poésies complètes ⓘ
culture Québécois ⓘ
deathDate 1941-11-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Canada ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
describedBySource central figure in early French-Canadian literature ⓘ
ethnicGroup French Canadian ⓘ
familyName Nelligan ⓘ
father David Nelligan ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
symbolist poetry ⓘ
givenName Émile ⓘ
hasCauseOfNotability major early poet in Quebec ⓘ
hasInfluenced French-Canadian literature ⓘ
Québécois poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
memberOf École littéraire de Montréal ⓘ
mother Émilie Hudon ⓘ
movement Symbolism ⓘ
name Émile Nelligan self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableFor emotionally intense verse ⓘ
pioneering role in early French-Canadian literature ⓘ
symbolist poetry in Quebec ⓘ
notableWork Clair de lune intellectuel ⓘ
La Romance du vin ⓘ
Le Vaisseau d’or ⓘ
Les Cathédrales ⓘ
Les Élévations ⓘ
Soir d’hiver ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Montreal ⓘ
style romantic ⓘ
symbolist ⓘ
workPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

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Émile → notableBearer → Émile Nelligan ⓘ
Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal → hasGraveOf → Émile Nelligan ⓘ
Émile Nelligan → name → Émile Nelligan self-link ⓘ