Maurice de Guérin

Maurice de Guérin
BornGeorges-Maurice de Guérin
4 August 1810
Andillac, Tarn, France
Died19 July 1839(1839-07-19) (aged 28)
Andillac, Tarn, France
OccupationPoet
Alma materCollège Stanislas de Paris

Georges-Maurice de Guérin (4 August 1810  19 July 1839) was a French poet. His works were imbued with a passion for nature whose intensity reached almost to worship and was enriched by pagan elements. According to Sainte-Beuve, no French poet or painter rendered "the feeling for nature, the feeling for the origin of things and the sovereign principle of life" as well as Guérin.