Vacquerie, Auguste

(1819-1895)

   writer

   Born in Villequier, Seine-Maritime, Auguste Vac-querie was a member of a group of romantics and was an admirer of victor hugo, being the brother of Charles vacquerie, who was married to Hugo's daughter Léopoldine. A contributor to the Globe, L'Époque, and L'Événement (which became L'Avènement du peuple in 1851), he wrote romantically inspired collections of poetry (L'Enfer de l'esprit, 1840; Les Demi-Teintes, 1845) and plays (Tragaldabas, 1848; Les Funerailles de l'honneur, 1861). After the coup d'état of December 2, 1851, he accompanied Hugo for a time in his exile on Jersey. A democrat and a liberal, vacquerie never ceased to oppose the second empire, especially through his articles in Le Rappel.