Louis Ratisbonne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Ratisbonne

French essayist

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1827

Place of Birth: Strasbourg, France

Date of Death: 24-Sep-1900

Profession: writer, poet, librarian, journalist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Louis Gustave Fortuné Ratisbonne (29 July 1827 – 24 September 1900) was a French man of letters. He was born at Strasbourg.
He was the son of the banker Adolphe Ratisbonne and his wife Charlotte Oppenheim (daughter of Salomon Oppenheim), and the nephew of the priests Marie Theodor Ratisbonne and Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne.
He studied at the school of his native town and at the College Henry IV in Paris.
He was connected with the Journal des Debats from 1853 to 1876; became librarian of the palace of Fontainebleau in 1871, and three years later to the Senate. Louis Ratisbonne's most important work was a verse translation of the La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy), in which the original is rendered tercet by tercet into French.
L'Enfer (1852) was crowned by the Academy; Le Purgatoire (1857) and Le Paradis 1859) received the prix Bordin. He is also the author of some charming fables and verses for children: La Comédie enfantine (1860), Les Figures jeunes (1865) and others.
He was literary executor of Alfred de Vigny, whose Destinées (1864) and Journal d'un poète (1867) he published.
Ratisbonne died in Paris. Through the influence of Thiers, Ratisbonne was appointed librarian at Fontainbleau, where he succeeded Octave Feuillet, and later he was transferred to the Palais du Luxembourg.



Alternative names	legal name: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon pseudonym: Nadar
Description	French photographer, caricaturist, writer and balloonist
Date of birth/death	6 April 1820	20 March 1910 / 21 March 1910
Location of birth/death	Paris	former 4th arrondissement of Paris
Work period	1854–1910
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q40116 VIAF: 84808952 ISNI: 0000 0001 2141 8535 ULAN: 500005199 LCCN: n50014563 NLA: 35553829 WorldCat