Heredia - José-Maria de Heredia

A French poet born in Cuba. His father is Cuban and his mother is French. He went to France in 1851 and studied at the Lycée de Senlis. He returned to Cuba briefly from 1859 to 1861, and began writing poetry under the influence of Lecomte de Lille. He later studied at the École des Monographs in Paris and associated with the Ethnographical School poets. His poetry was devoted to the refinement of the 14-line poem (sonne), and in his neat verse form he depicted and sang of Greek mythology, historical facts and pastoral landscapes from the Roman era, the world of medieval religious paintings, gold and silver work, the adventures of the Spanish conquerors of the New World, the brave figures of Japanese samurai, and the sublime beauty of the nature of Brittany. These fourteen-line poems, published in various magazines and three editions of the "Modern Continental Poetry Collection," were compiled into a single volume in 1893 titled "Victory Pai," marking the culmination and end of the Continental School aesthetic. He also produced the long epic poem "The Golden Conquerors" (included in the "Second Continental Poetry Collection," 1871), making him a representative poet of the final period of the Continental School.

[Hiroo Toyama]

"Pierre Martino, Translated by Takashi Kiuchi, "Eccentrics and Symbolism" (1969, Shinbi-sha)"

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キューバ生まれのフランス詩人。父はキューバ人、母はフランス人。1851年に渡仏、サンリスの高等中学校（リセ）に学ぶ。1859～61年にキューバに一時戻るころからルコント・ド・リールの影響下に詩作を開始、のちパリの古文書学校に学び、高踏派詩人たちと交わる。その詩業はもっぱら十四行詩（ソネ）の彫琢(ちょうたく)に捧(ささ)げられ、端正な詩形式のなかに、ギリシア神話、ローマ時代の史実や田園風景、中世宗教画の世界、金銀細工、スペインの新大陸征服者たちの冒険、日本武士の勇姿、ブルターニュの自然の崇高な美しさなどを描き出し、歌い上げている。さまざまな雑誌や3次にわたる『現代高踏派詩集』に掲載されたこれらの十四行詩は、93年に初めて『戦勝牌(はい)』と題する一巻の詩集に編まれ、高踏派美学の集成と終焉(しゅうえん)を画した。また長編叙事詩『黄金の征服者たち』（『第二次高踏派詩集』所収・1871）も残し、高踏派末期の代表的詩人となった。

［遠山博雄］

『ピエール・マルチノ著、木内孝訳『高踏派と象徴主義』（1969・審美社）』

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