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Émile Augier (1820–1889)
Augier, Émile (ō-zhē-ā’). A distinguished French dramatist; born at Valence, Sept. 17, 1820; died at Croissy, Oct. 25, 1889. With his first play, ‘The Hemlock’ (1844), he won popular favor, as it commenced a needed reaction against the overstrained romanticism of the time. He lashed the vices of modern society in a series of plays: ‘The Marriage of Olympia’ (1855); ‘The Poor Lionesses’ (1858); ‘The Brazen Fronted’ (1861); and ‘Giboyer’s Boy’ (1862). ‘Le Gendre de M. Poirier’ (1878), written with Sandeau, is esteemed his best work. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).