Parny, Evariste Désiré de Forges, chevalier, vicomte de
(1753–1814)
Parny, Evariste Désiré de Forges, chevalier, vicomte deParny, Evariste Désiré Forges chevalier vicomteEvariste Désiré Forges chevalier vicomte Parny (B * ILE DE BOURBON (RÉUNION), 1753 – D † PARIS, 1814) French poet born of a noble family on small island in the Indian Ocean, a stopover on the trade routes to the Indies. At age nine he was sent to the Collège in Rennes, where he found the studies dull. He tried seminary life, but rejected it in favor of the military. In 1770, he and a group of…