Andre Theuriet A French poet and writer who lived from October 8, 1833, in Marly-le-Roi, to April 23, 1907, in Bourg-la-Reine, was named Claude Adhémar André Theuriet. Theuriet was born in Marly-le-Roi (Seine et Oise) and went to school in Bar-le-Duc in Lorraine, wich is his mother's area. Theuriet went to Paris to study law and then worked for the government until he retired in 1886, at which point he was a chef de bureau. He put out a book of songs called Chemin des bois in 1867; many of them had already been published in the Revue des Deux Mondes. Other books like Le bleu et le noir, poèmes de la vie réelle (1874), Nos oiseaux (1886), and others came after. Théophile Gautier said that M. Theuriet is like Shakespeare's Jaques of the Forest of Arden because he writes about life in the country and especially in the woods in a natural and easy way. His books about life in the country and in the province are his best. Theuréet won the Prix Vitet from the Académie francaise in 1890, and in 1896 he became a member of that organization. He passed away on April 23, 1907, and Jean Richepin took over at the Academy. In 1879, he was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. In 1895, he was made an Officier de la Légion d'honneur. Read More Read Less