Eugène Alcan

Litterateur, poet and painter
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IntroLitterateur, poet and painter
PlacesFrance
wasPainter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1811
Death1 January 1898 (aged 87 years)
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Biography

Eugène Alcan was a French Jewish litterateur, painter, and poet, who embraced Roman Catholic Christianity. He was born in Paris in 1811, and died about 1898. He was a brother of Alphonse Alkan, but the reason for the difference in the orthography of the family name has never been explained.
Alcan was the author of the following works:
La Légende des Âmes: Souvenirs de Quelques Conférences de Saint Vincent de Paul (1879)
La Flore Printanière: Souvenirs du Berceau et de la Première Enfance (1882)
La Flore du Calvaire: Traits Caractéristiques de Quelques Voies Douloureuses (1884)
Les Cannibales et Leur Temps: Souvenir de la Campagne de l'Océanie sous le Commandant Marceau, Capitaine de Frégate (1887)
Les Grands Dévouements et l'Impôt du Sang (1890)
Récits Instructifs du Père Balthazar (1892)

^ a b c d ALCAN, EUGÈNE. Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901-1906. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

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