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CHARLES MARIE RENÉ (le-kôngt'duh lēl'), a French poet; born in the Isle of Bourbon (Réunion), Oct. 23, 1818. Settling in Paris (1846), he was at first an ensocialist and disciple of Fourier; afterward an impassioned admirer of the ancient religions of Greece and India. In his "Antique Poems" (1853), he sings the praises of the ancient gods cient gods and heroes; in his "Barbarian Poems" (1862), with a poet's insight he seeks to interpret the mythological ideas of the Hebrews, Irish, etc. His "Tragic Poems" (1882), were crowned by the French Academy. He made admirable translations of ancient Grecian poets.
He died in Louveciennes, near Paris, July 17, 1894.