Achille Millien
Portrait of Achille Millien
(engraving by Paul Adolphe Rajon)
Born
Jean-Etienne-Achille Millien

4 September 1838
Died12 January 1927(1927-01-12) (aged 88)
Beaumont-la-Ferrière
Occupation(s)Poet
Folklorist
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Achille Millien (4 September 1838 – 12 January 1927) was a French poet and folklorist.

His poetic work includes a dozen collections of rustic inspiration: La Moisson, Chants agrestes, Musettes et clairons, Chez nous, Aux champs et au foyer, L'Heure du couvre-feu...

Biography

As soon as 1877, Millien began the systematic collection of folk tales, legends and folk songs of the Nivernais region. This considerable work, the results of which are still largely unpublished, makes Achille Millien "an exemplary reference in the world of contemporary ethnology".[1]

In 1896, he established the Revue du Nivernais, a monthly publication which appeared until 1910.

Achille Millien's house at Beaumont-la-Ferrière

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References

  1. ^ Daniel Hénard and Jacques Tréfouël, Achille Millien, Nivernais passeur de mémoire, France 3 Bourgogne Franche-Comté & « Les films du lieu-dit », 2005, DVD 160 min + 150 pages book
  2. ^ Base Léonore, Census of Legion of Honor recipients (died before 1977), on the site of the Ministry of Culture