Charles Grandmougin

Charles-Jean Grandmougin (17 January 1850 – 28 April 1930) was a French poet and playwright. He lived in Paris. Two of his poems appeared in the third and final volume of Le Parnasse contemporain. His poetry has been set as songs by composers including Fauré, Chaminade, Boulanger, Pierné and Bizet. He was more well known as a librettist and translator for operas and oratorios. He wrote the libretto for César Franck's opera Hulda, set in 11th-century Norway, and based on the play Lame Hulda (1858) by Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. He also wrote the libretto for La Vierge, an oratorio by Jules Massenet.

Major works Esquisse sur Richard Wagner (1873) Les Siestes, poems (1874) Prométhée, drame antique (1878) Le Tasse, symphonie dramatique (1878) Nouvelles Poésies (1880) Souvenirs d’Anvers (1881) Orphée, drame antique en vers (1882) Caïn, biblical drama in verse Poèmes d’amour (1884) Rimes de combat (1886) À pleines voiles, poems (1888) L’Enfant Jésus, mystère en 5 parties et en vers Le Christ, sacred drama in verse, couronné par l’Académie française (1892) L’Empereur, epic drama in verse, in 13 scenes (1893) De la Terre aux Étoiles, poems (1897) Visions chrétiennes, récits en vers (1899) Le Réveillon, drama in one act, in verse La Vouivre, poème franc-comtois Les Serfs du Jura, drama in verse Aryénis, drama in verse La Chanson du village Medjour, story of the supernatural Les Heures divines, poems (1894) La Forêt mystérieuse, booklet Le Naufrage de l’amour, poem Contes d’aujourd’hui, prose Terre de France, poem Contes en prose Dernières Promenades (1910) Les Sirènes (1911)