Gérard de Nerval

Gérard de Nerval () (May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) was the nom-de-plume of the French poet, essayist and translator Gérard Labrunie, one of the most essentially Romantic French poets.

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Two years after his birth in Paris, his mother died in Silesia whilst accompanying her husband, a military doctor, a member of Napoleon's Grande Armée.

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He was brought up by his maternal great-uncle, Antoine Boucher, in the countryside of Valois at Mortefontaine. On the return of his father from war during 1814, he was sent back to Paris. He frequently returned to the countryside of Valois during holidays and later returned to it in imagination in his Chansons et légendes du Valois.

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Gérard de Nerval related Images and Photos (experimental)

Gérard Blain in "Il Gobbo" by Carlo Lizzani 1960	Gérard Depardieu and Jean Reno: Tais toi ! 2003	Gérard Philipe and Danielle Darrieux: Pot Bouille 1957	Gérard Séty Sami Frey and Raymond Devos: Le Travail C'Est La Liberté 1959
Michèle Morgan Daniel Gélin and Peter Van Eyck: Retour de Manivelle 1957	Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga CD	Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga CD	Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga CD
Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga CD	De-Lovely	De Champagne	De Champagne