Pikle - The Diary Junction - Henri Frédéric Amiel

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Amiel, Henri Frédéric ___ 1821-1881 ___ Swiss ___ philosopher

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Descended from a Huguenot family that had been driven to Switzerland, Amiel was born in Geneva, but lost his parents at an early age. He travelled widely, and studied German philosophy in Berlin. In 1849, he was appointed professor of aesthetics at the academy of Geneva, and five years later became professor of moral philosophy. Despite these appointments, Amiel always felt himself a failure. However, this feeling inspired the one work for which he is most famous, his 'Journal Intime'. This was not published until after his death, but was then translated widely. Amiel also wrote several volumes of poetry.
One biography link

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1847-1881 ___ religious love/sex philosophy self

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire Genève

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Private Journal of Henri Frédéric Amiel

November 2005
THIS IS THE DIARY JUNCTION - DATA AND LINKS FOR OVER 500 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DIARISTS
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IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS:
1) The first line of basic information may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown, or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British' a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies. 4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges, and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising. I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries.