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Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri

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Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri (1737-1814)

French writer. His masterpiece was Paul et Virginie, a sentimental idyll of love set in Mauritius. It was followed by La Chaumière indienne/The Indian Cottage (1790). Both had great influence on Romantic literature by their new note of exoticism.

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre was born in Le Havre. He entered the army as an engineer, and from 1768 to 1771 was government engineer in Mauritius. His Voyage à l'Ile de France (1773) gained him a reputation for its close portrayal of nature. He was greatly influenced by the writings of the social philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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