George Métivier

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George Métivier was a 19th-century Guernsey poet celebrated as one of the foremost writers in the Guernésiais language and often called the island’s national poet.

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instanceOf Guernésiais-language poet
person
poet
associatedWith Guernésiais language revival
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
culturalHeritage Guernsey culture
dateOfBirth 1790
dateOfDeath 1881
describedAs foremost writer in the Guernésiais language
national poet of Guernsey
ethnicGroup Guernseyman
familyName Métivier NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork linguistics of Guernésiais
poetry
gender male
genre poetry
song
givenName George NERFINISHED
hasOccupation lexicographer
hasWorkContext Channel Islands literature
Norman languages NERFINISHED
honorificTitle national poet of Guernsey
influencedBy Norman literary tradition
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
Guernésiais NERFINISHED
movement Romanticism NERFINISHED
name George Métivier NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Guernésiais
notableFor contributions to Guernésiais lexicon
popularizing Guernésiais literature
preserving Guernésiais through poetry
notableWork Fantaisies Guernesiaises NERFINISHED
Les chansons de Guernesey NERFINISHED
Rimes Guernesiaises NERFINISHED
occupation poet
writer
placeOfBirth Guernsey NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Guernsey NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Channel Islands NERFINISHED
residence Guernsey NERFINISHED
usedWritingSystem Latin alphabet
wroteAbout Channel Islands folklore
Guernsey rural life

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Guernésiais hasNotableAuthor George Métivier