Charles P guy (January 7, 1873-September 4, 1914) was a noted French poet and essayist. He was a devout Catholic but not a practising Catholic. (1) His two main inspirations were socialism and christianity.

Charles P guy was born in Orl ans. He attended the cole Normale Sup rieure, from which he graduated in 1894.

Early in his life, he came under the influence of Henri Bergson.

He died in Villeroy-sur-Marne.

Writings of Peguy

• Jeanne d' Arc (1897)
• Notre Patrie (1905)
• Situations (1907–1908)
• Notre Jeunesse (1909) - Defense of Alfred Dreyfus.
• Clio, dialogue de l'histoire et de l' me pa enne (1909–1912)
• Le Myst re de la charit de Jeanne d'Arc (1910)
• Victor-Marie, comte Hugo (1911)
• L'Argent (1912)
• Le Porche de la deuxi me vertu (1912)
• Le Myst re des saints Innocents (1912)
• La Tapisserie de sainte Genevi ve et de Jeanne d'Arc (1913)
• La Tapisserie de Notre-Dame (1913)
• ve (1913)
• Note sur M. Bergson (1914)
• Cahiers

Notes

• (1) "In France the classic type of the fervent but non-practising Catholic was probably best represented by Charles Peguy". Liberty or Equality, Eric von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Christendom Press, Front Royal, Virginia, l993. pg 194.

See also

• Fascism - Mussolini referred to Peguy as a "source".

Bibliography

• Peguy, Romain Rolland, Paris: A. Michel, 1944.
• Secretain
• Tharaud
• Halevy