Gilles Boileau
Gilles Boileau (born October 22, 1631 in Paris , † March 10, 1669 ibid) was a French translator and member of the Académie française . He was the brother of Nicolas Boileau .
life and work
Gilles Boileau, now forgotten, was the five years older brother of the famous Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. He was a lawyer at the Parlement , rent master of the town hall and shortly before his untimely death at court he held the official office of a controller of table silver.
Boileau distinguished himself from 1653 with translations from ancient Greek and with occasional poetry and was appointed to the Académie française in 1659 (his brother only 25 years later). His inaugural address is lost. As a controversial contemporary, he directed a polemic against Gilles Ménage and his friends Paul Pellisson , Paul Scarron and Madeleine de Scudéry in 1655 . He was supported by Valentin Conrart and Jean Chapelain . When his brother Nicolas attacked Chapelain in a satire in 1659, it led to a falling out between the brothers, who disparaged each other in excessive language. Entry into the academy was also competitive. His death at the age of 37 paved the way for his brother's social advancement in 1669.
Works
Original works
- Advis a monsieur Menage sur son eglogue intitulée Christine . Paris 1655, 1656, 1657, 1714.
- (posthumously) Les oeuvres posthumes de défunt Monsieur B. , de l'Académie françoise, contrôleur de l'Argenterie du Roy. Paris 1670.
Translations
- Pseudo- kebes : Tableau de Cébès, où il est traité de la manière de parvenir à la félicité naturelle . Paris 1653. ("The panel of Kebes")
- La Vie d'Épictète et l'Enchiridion ou l'abrégé de sa philosophie, avec le tableau de Cébès , traduit du grec en français. Paris 1655, 1657, 1667, 1772.
- Diogenes Laertios : De la Vie des philosophes . Paris 1668.
literature
- Émile Magne : Bibliography générale des oeuvres de Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux et de Gilles et Jacques Boileau, suivie des Luttes de Boileau. Essai bibliographique et littéraire. 2 vols. Paris 1929.
Web links
- Information on Gilles Boileau in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Gilles Boileau in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boileau, Gilles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French translator and member of the Académie française |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1631 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1669 |
| Place of death | Paris |