Jean-Baptiste Vivien de Châteaubrun
Jean-Baptiste Vivien de Châteaubrun (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist vivjɛ̃ də ʃɑtobʁœ̃]; 1686 – 16 February 1775) was a French dramatist and a member of the Académie française. He was born and died in Angoulême.
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He spent 40 years of his life polishing two plays, but his maid mistook them for wrapping paper, thus losing his life's work. Today, his work Les Troyennes (1734) survives.
Bibliography
- Mahomet second, tragédie (1714)
- Les Troyennes, tragédie (1751)
- Philoctète, tragédie (1755)
- Astyanax, tragédie (1756)
- Шатобрэн, Жан-Батист-Вивьен
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