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自傳式
詩歌《湖》著名。詩中以死了的丈夫的視點去追憶和妻子的一段熱烈的愛情。 拉馬丁是法國詩歌形式的大師。他是法國裏少數同時身為政治家的作家之一。Raised a devout
Catholic Lamartine became a pantheist, writing
Jocelyn and
La Chute d'un ange. He wrote
Histoire des Girondins in 1847 in praise of the Girondists.
He worked for the French embassy in Italy from 1825 to 1828. In 1829, he was elected a member of the Académie française. He was elected a 'député' in 1833, and was briefly in charge of government during the turbulence of 1848. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from February 24, 1848 to May 11, 1848. Due to his great age, Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, Chairman of the Provisional Government, effectively delegated much of his duties to Lamartine. He was then a member of the Executive Commission, the political body which served as France's joint Head of State.