![]() ![]() Descended from an old Breton aristocratic family, Chateaubriand was a royalist by political disposition and in an age when a significant part of the intelligencia was turning against the Church, authored the Génie du christianisme in defence of the Catholic faith. ![]() He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (French pronunciation: ) (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian.Notable work(s) -Ětala, Génie du christianisme, René and Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe.Occupation - Politician, Diplomat, Writer, Historian.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia François-René de Chateaubriand./photos Tombe de François-René - sur l'ilôt du Grand Bé, St-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine, France),.Château (XIVe-XVe s.) de Combourg (Ille-et-Vilaine, France) - where François René was born & grew up,. ![]()
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