Étienne Pivert de Sénancour

Sénancour, Étienne Pivert de 

Born Nov. 5 or 6, 1770, in Paris; died Jan. 10, 1846, in St. Cloud. French writer.

Sénancour published his first literary work, Aldomen, in 1795, under the name Pivert. In 1804 he published the novel Obermann, the confessions of a solitary dreamer, disillusioned with society and with himself. Almost unnoticed at first, this novel subsequently became the seminal work for the nascent romantic movement. It was greatly admired by G. Sand, C. Nodier, E. Delacroix, and F. Liszt. In 1833 it was reissued, with an enthusiastic foreword by C. A. Sainte-Beuve.

WORKS

Obermann: Lettrespubl.par M. Sénancour. [Paris, 1965.]
In Russian translation:
Oberman. Foreword by S. Velikovskii. Moscow, 1963.

REFERENCES

Le Gall, B. L’Imaginaire chez Sénancour, vols. 1–2. Paris, [1966]. (Dissertation.)
Hommage à Sénancour: Textes et lettres inédits. Paris, 1971. (With a bibliography.)

M. A. GOL’DMAN