François-René de Chateaubriand
![Chateaubriand Meditating on the Ruins of Rome (ca.1810s) by [[Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson]]. Oil on canvas.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Anne-Louis_Girodet-Trioson_006.jpg)
Historian Peter Gay says that Chateaubriand saw himself as the greatest lover, the greatest writer, and the greatest philosopher of his age. Gay states that Chateaubriand "dominated the literary scene in France in the first half of the nineteenth century". Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 2010
Publisher: Δημοσιογραφικός Οργανισμός Λαμπράκη/ Το Βήμα / Dēmosiographikos Organismos Lamprakē/ To Bēma
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