Claude Louis Michel de Sacy

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Claude Louis Michel de Sacy (born March 27, 1746 in Fécamp ; † October 15, 1794 ) was a French writer.

Life

Claude Louis Michel de Sacy was a French writer whose main work is a large-scale historical work, but who also wrote novel prose, plays, poems of ideas, and political writings. He was a member of the academies of Caen, Arras and Göttingen . At times he was a representative of the royal censorship authority ( censeur royal ). He was a contributor to the supplement volumes to the Encyclopédie , which appeared in 1776 under the direction of Panckoucke. During the French Revolution he was a member of the National Convention ( convention nationale ) and wrote several political papers in this context.

Works

  • Les Amours de Mirtil . Constantinople. Paris: Joseph-Gérard Barbou, 1761. (Shepherd novel in the tradition of Aminta by Torquato Tasso , with six engravings by Gravelot and Louis Legrand.)
  • Les Amours de Laïs, histoire grecque . A Corinthe, et se trouve à Paris, chez Cuissart, 1765. (prose story.)
  • L'Honneur français, ou Histoire des vertus et des exploits de notre nation, depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'à nos jours , 12 volumes, Paris: J.-P. Costard / NH Nyon, 1769-1772 / 1784.
  • Les Amours de Sapho et de Phaon, avec la description de l'île de Leucade, de son temple et de son rocher . Avignon: Luxembourg Bonnet, [undated]. (First published in 1769 ?.)
  • L'Esclavage des Américains et des nègres , pièce qui a concouru pour le prix de l'Académie françoise en 1775. Paris: Demonville, 1775. (poem)
  • Opuscules dramatiques, ou Nouveaux amusements de campagne . Paris: Demonville, 1778. (Collection of short dramatic texts)
  • Convention national. Additions au plan de constitution, présentées à la Convention nationale . [Paris]: Imprimerie nationale, [undated].

source

  • Dictionnaire des lettres françaises: le XVIII e siècle , nouvelle édition sous la direction de François Moureau. Paris: Le Livre de Poche , 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The biographical data come from the catalog of the French National Library ( [1] ); Sometimes 1736–1790 are also mentioned as dates of life, but this conflicts with his function as a member of the Convention nationale , which only existed from 1792 to 1795.
  2. ↑ Frank A. Kafker. "A List of Contributors to Diderot's Encyclopedia". In: French Historical Studies 3.1, 1963, pp. 106–122 and Madeleine Pinault, L'Encyclopédie , Paris: PUF, 1993, p. 99.
personal data
SURNAME Sacy, Claude Louis Michel de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH Fécamp
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 1794