Jacques Cassagne
Jacques Cassagne (also: Cassaigne or Cassagnes ) (born August 1, 1635 in Nîmes , † March 23, 1679 in Paris ) was a French Roman Catholic clergyman, poet, translator and member of the Académie française .
life and work
The southern French Jacques Cassagne was a doctor of theology. From 1660 he distinguished himself through occasional poetry, was (as a collaborator of Colbert ) librarian of the royal library and in 1661 in the Académie française (seat no. 22). When Colbert founded the "Small Academy" on February 3, 1663 as a propaganda instrument for the king, from which the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres later emerged, it initially consisted of four members, including Jean Chapelain , Amable Bourzeis and François Charpentier , also owned by Cassagne. In 1665 he wrote the foreword to the works of Balzac collected by Valentin Conrart . In 1671 he gave the funeral address to Archbishop Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont . He died at the age of 43 in the Saint-Lazare hospital .
His ethics ( Traité de morale sur la valeur ) has been translated into English and is listed in many libraries under the title A moral treatise upon valor . He was also successful with translations of Cicero and Sallust .
Works
Original works
- Ode sur la paix . Paris 1660.
- Henry le Grand. Au Roy, poeme . Paris 1661.
- (Preface) Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Balzac . Edited by Valentin Conrart. Paris 1665.
- Ode sur les conquestes du Roy en Flandre . Paris 1667.
- Sur la conqueste de la Franche-Comté, poème . Paris 1668.
- Oraison funèbre de messire Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont, archevesque de Paris . Paris 1671.
- Poëme sur la guerre de Hollande . Paris 1672.
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Traité de morale sur la valeur . Paris 1674, 1681, 1774.
- (English) A moral treatise upon valor . London 1694.
Translations
- Cicero: La rhetorique, ou les trois dialogues de l'orateur . Paris 1673. Lyon 1692.
- Sallust: L'Histoire de la guerre des Romains contre Jugurtha ... et l'Histoire de la conjuration de Catiline . Paris 1675, 1701, 1713.
Web links
- Information on Jacques Cassagne in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Jacques Cassagne in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cassagne, Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cassaigne, Jacques; Cassagnes, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Roman Catholic clergyman, poet, translator and member of the Académie française |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1635 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nîmes |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1679 |
| Place of death | Paris |