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He was born in Toulon . His father, Jean Aicard, was a journalist of some distinction, and the son early began his career in 1867 with ''Les Jeunes Croyances'', followed in 1870 by a one-act play produced at the Marseille theatre. His poems include: ''Les Rebellions et les apaisements'' ( 1871 ); ''Poemes de Provence'' ( 1874 ), and ''La Chanson des enfants'' ( 1876 ), both of which were crowned by the Academy; ''Miette et Note'' ( 1880 ), a Provencal idyll; ''Le Livre d'heures de l'amour'' ( 1887 ); ''J&us'' ( 1896 ). Of his plays the most successful was ''Le Pere Lebonnard'' ( 1890 ), which was originally produced at the Theatre Libre . Among his other works are the novels, ''Le Roi de Camargue'' ( 1890 ), ''L'Ame d'un enfant'' ( 1898 ) and ''Tatas'' ( 1901 ), ''Benjamine'' ( 1906 ) and ''La Venus de Milo'' ( 1874 ); an account of the discovery of The Statue from unpublished documents. He was elected a member of the Académie Française in 1909 . REFERENCES
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