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{{short description|French diplomat, orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic}}
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| name         = Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé
| image        = Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé by Nadar.jpg
| caption      = Eugene-Melchior de Vogüé, photo by [[Nadar (photographer)|Nadar]].
| birth_name   = Marie-Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1848|2|25|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Nice]], [[Kingdom of Sardinia]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1910|3|29|1848|2|25|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Paris]], [[French Third Republic|France]]
| occupation   = Diplomat, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic
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| notableworks = ''The Russian Novel'' (1886)
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'''Marie-Eugène-Melchior''', [[vicomte]] '''de Vogüé''' (25 February 1848 – 29 March 1910) was a French diplomat, [[Orientalism|Orientalist]], travel writer, [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], philanthropist and literary critic.
==Biography==
Born in [[Nice]], France, he served in the [[Franco-Prussian War]], and at the conclusion of the war entered the diplomatic service of the [[Third French Republic|Third Republic]], being appointed successively [[attaché]] to the [[legation]]s in the [[Ottoman Empire]] and [[Egypt under Muhammad Ali and his successors|Egypt]], then secretary to the embassy in [[Saint Petersburg]].<ref>Gosse, Edmund (1913). [https://archive.org/stream/portraitssketche00goss#page/240/mode/2up "Eugène Melchior de Vogué."] In: ''Portraits and Sketches.'' London: William Heinemann, p. 250.</ref> He resigned in 1882,<ref>Gosse (1913), p. 254.</ref> and from 1893 to 1898 served as representative of [[Ardèche]] to the [[French National Assembly]].<ref>Gosse (1913), p. 264.</ref>
His connection with the ''[[Revue des deux mondes]]'' began in 1873 with his ''Voyage en Syrie et en Palestine'', and subsequently he was a frequent contributor. He did much to awaken French interest in the intellectual life of other countries, especially of [[Imperial Russia|Russia]], his sympathy with which was strengthened by his marriage in 1878 with a Russian lady, the sister of [[General Michael Nicolaivitch Annenkoff]]; De Vogüé was practically the first to draw French attention to [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]. Many consider de Vogüé's essay to be the first major examination of the novelist's work.<ref>Röhl, Magnus (1976). ''Le Roman Russe de Eugène Melchior de Vogüé.'' Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell.</ref>
Eugène-Melchior was also a brother-in-law of [[Karl de Struve]], Russian Ambassador to Japan, the United States, and the Netherlands.
He became a member of the [[Académie française]] in 1888.  His uncle, [[Melchior de Vogüé]], also served in the academy concurrently for a few years.
In 1897, he wrote a short series of books concerning the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
Part of his personal correspondence detailing his expedition to Cyprus, has been published.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bonato|first=Lucie|date=1998|title=Chypre dans les archives de Melchior de Vogüé : à l'origine de la mission de 1862|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/cchyp_0761-8271_1998_num_28_1_1343|journal=Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes|volume=28|issue=1|pages=103–112|doi=10.3406/cchyp.1998.1343}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bonato|first=Lucie|date=1999|title=Chypre dans les archives de Melchior de Vogüé, II : correspondance de la «Mission Vogüé » reçue au cours de l'année 1862|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/cchyp_0761-8271_1999_num_29_1_1355|journal=Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes|volume=29|issue=1|pages=141–166|doi=10.3406/cchyp.1999.1355}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bonato|first=Lucie|date=2000|title=Chypre dans les archives de Melchior de Vogüé [suite] : III : Impressions de Famagouste et de Bellapaïs IV : La correspondance de Dimitri Piérides|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/cchyp_0761-8271_2000_num_30_1_1366|journal=Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes|volume=30|issue=1|pages=95–118|doi=10.3406/cchyp.2000.1366}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bonato|first=Lucie|date=2001|title=Chypre dans les archives de Melchior de Vogüé. V : Fragment d'un carnet de voyage d'Edmond Duthoit (mission de 1865)|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/cchyp_0761-8271_2001_num_31_1_1391|journal=Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes|volume=31|issue=1|pages=209–250|doi=10.3406/cchyp.2001.1391}}</ref>
==Works==
* (1876). ''Syrie, Palestine, Mont Athos'' [https://archive.org/details/syriepalestinem00voggoog (1887 edition).]
* (1877). ''Vangheli.''
* (1879). ''Boulacq et Saqquarah.''
* (1879). ''Chez les Pharaons.''
* (1879). ''[https://archive.org/details/histoiresorient01voggoog Histoires Orientales.]''
* (1883). ''Les Portraits du Siècle.''
* (1884). ''Le Fils de Pierre le Grand.''
* (1884). ''Mazeppa''.
* (1884). ''Un Changement de Règne.''
* (1885). ''[https://archive.org/details/histoiresdhiver00voggoog Histoires d’Hiver.]''
* (1886). ''Le Roman Russe.''
* (1887). ''Souvenirs et Visions.''
* (1888). ''Le Portrait du Louvre.''
* (1889). [https://archive.org/stream/remarquessurlexp00vogu#page/n5/mode/2up ''Remarques sur l’Exposition du Centenaire.'']
* (1890). ''Le Manteau de Joseph Olenine.''
* (1891). [https://archive.org/stream/spectaclescontem00voguoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Spectacles Contemporains.'']
* (1892). [https://archive.org/stream/regardshistoriqu00voguoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Regards Historiques et Littéraires.'']<ref>Biré, Edmond (1890). [https://archive.org/stream/histoireetlitt00bir#page/340/mode/2up "Un Académicien d'Aujourd'hui: Le Vicomte Melchior de Vogué."] In: '' Histoire et Littérature.'' Lyon: Librairie Générale Catholique et Classique, pp. 341–357.</ref>
* (1892). ''Heures d’Histoire.''
* (1893). ''Cœurs Russes.''
* (1893). ''Notes sur le Bas-Vivarais.''
* (1896). ''[https://archive.org/details/devantlesicle00voggoog Devant le Siècle.]''
* (1897). [https://archive.org/stream/jeandagrve00vog#page/n5/mode/2up ''Jean d’Agrève.'']
* (1898). ''[https://archive.org/details/histoireetposie00voggoog Histoire et Poésie.]''
* (1899). ''Les Morts qui Parlent (Scènes de la Vie Parlementaire).''
* (1900). ''Le Rappel des Ombres.''
* (1902). ''Pages d’Histoire''.
* (1903). ''Le Maître de la Mer''.
* (1904). ''Sous l’Horizon: Hommes et Choses d’Hier.''
* (1905). ''[https://archive.org/details/maximegorkyloeu01voggoog Maxime Gorki.]''
* (1910). [https://archive.org/stream/lesroutesprfpa00vog#page/n5/mode/2up ''Les Routes.'']
'''Selected articles'''
* (1862). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/41746929 "Fouilles de Chypre et de Syrie. Extrait d'une lettre de M. Melchior de Vogùé à M. Renan,"] ''Revue Archéologique'', Vol. 6. pp. 244-252.
* (1875). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/44744556 Journées de voyage en Syrie: les Îles, le Liban, Damas], ''Revue des Deux Mondes'', Vol. 7, No. 2, 328-360.
* (1894). [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Un_Regard_en_arrière_-_Les_Terroristes_russes "Un Regard en Arrière — Les Terroristes Russes,"] ''Revue des Deux Mondes'', Vol. 122.
* (1894). [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_Dernier_livre_de_Taine "Le Dernier Livre de Taine,"] ''Revue des Deux Mondes'', Vol. 122.
* (1894). [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/À_propos_d'un_débat_religieux "À Propos d’un Débat Religieux,"] ''Revue des Deux Mondes'', Vol. 123.
* (1894). [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Civilisation_et_les_grands_fleuves_historiques_(de_Vogüé) "La Civilisation et les Grands Fleuves Historiques,"] ''Revue des Deux Mondes'', Vol. 125.
* (1895). [https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau_et_le_Cosmopolitisme_littéraire "Jean-Jacques Rousseau et le Cosmopolitisme Littéraire,"] ''Revue des Deux Mondes'', Vol. 130.
'''Posthumous'''
* (1911). [https://archive.org/stream/sousleslauriers00voguoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Sous les Lauriers; Éloges Académiques.'']
* (1932). ''Journal du Vicomte Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé: Paris, Saint-Pétersbourg 1877-1883.''
'''Translated into English'''
* (1889). "Social Life in Russia," ''The Harper's Monthly.''
* (1887). [https://archive.org/stream/russiannovelists00voguoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''The Russian Novelists.'']
** (1916). [https://archive.org/stream/russiannovel00sawygoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Russian Novel.'']
* (1890). "Through the Caucasus," ''The Harper's Monthly.''
* (1891). ''The Tsar and his People: or, Social Life in Russia.''
** [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002067816299;view=1up;seq=13 "Social Life in Russia,"] pp.&nbsp;1–98.
** [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002067816299;view=1up;seq=115 "Through the Caucasus,"] pp.&nbsp;101–147.
* (1892). "The Neo-Christian Movement in France," ''The Harper's Monthly.''
* (1895). ''Russian Portraits.''
* (1897). "Leo XIII," ''The Forum.''
* (1904). ''The Master of the Sea.''
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{Catholic|wstitle=Eugène-Melchior, Vicomte de Vogüé}}
==Further reading==
* Blaze de Bury, Yetta (1898). [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3130536;view=1up;seq=147 "Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé."] In: ''French Literature of Today.'' Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, pp.&nbsp;133–155.
* [[Édouard Rod|Rod, Édouard]] (1892). [https://archive.org/stream/lesidesmorales00rodeuoft#page/262/mode/2up "Le Vicomte E.M. de Vogüé."] In: ''Les Idées Morales du Temps Présent.'' Paris: Perrin, pp.&nbsp;263–289.
* [[Ernest Seillière|Seillière, Ernest]] (1938). "Eugène Melchior de Vogüe et les Problèmes Sociaux du Temps Présent." In: ''Le Naturalisme de Montaigne et Autres Essais.'' Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Critique, pp.&nbsp;135–182.
==External links==
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* [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Vog%C3%BC%C3%A9,%20Eug%C3%A8ne-Melchior,%20vicomte%20de,%201848-1910%22&type=author&inst= Works by Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé], at [[Hathi Trust]]
*[http://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/eugene-melchior-de-vogue?fauteuil=39&election=22-11-1888 Academie Francaise Biography]
*[http://fortnightlyreview.co.uk/2010/05/dostoyevski-and-the-religion-of-suffering-part-i/ "Dostoyevsky and the Religion of Suffering"], from ''Le Roman Russe''.
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