Charles Péguy (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 Péguy was born in Orléans. He attended the École Normale Supérieure, 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'âme païenne (1909–1912)
• Le Mystère de la charité de Jeanne d'Arc (1910)
• Victor-Marie, comte Hugo (1911)
• L'Argent (1912)
• Le Porche de la deuxième vertu (1912)
• Le Mystère des saints Innocents (1912)
• La Tapisserie de sainte Geneviève et de Jeanne d'Arc (1913)
• La Tapisserie de Notre-Dame (1913)
• Ève (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