Étienne Pivert de Senancour

Étienne Pivert de Senancour was born in Paris on 16 November 1770. His father destined him for the priesthood; he fled to Switzerland in 1789 and married there, unhappily. Placed on the list of émigrés, he did not return to settle in France until the beginning of the nineteenth century. He then lived in seclusion, contributing articles to newspapers and reviews. One of his books, judged blasphemous, earned him a conviction in 1827 that was overturned on appeal. He died in Saint-Cloud on 10 January 1846.

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