Jean-Antoine du Cerceau
Jean-Antoine du Cerceau , also Father Du Cerceau (born November 12, 1670 in Paris , † July 4, 1730 ibid), was a French Jesuit , poet, playwright and man of letters.
Du Cerceau taught for several years at the colleges of his order and wrote plays in French and Latin, which were performed in the Jesuit schools. He was called to the French court as the teacher of Louis François de Bourbon-Conti , where he was the victim of an accident when his student accidentally shot him while handling a rifle.
Du Cerceau worked for the Journal de Trévoux for many years .
Fonts
- Carmina , Latin poems, 1705
- Les incommodités de la grandeur , drama, 1713
- Opera. Nova editio, aucta et emendata , 1724
- Histoire de la dernière révolution de Perse , 1728
- Conjuration de Nicolas Gabrini, dit de Rienzi , tyran de Rome en 1347 , ed. by Pierre Brumoy , 1733
- Histoire de Thamas Kouli-Kan , Sophi de Perse , 1740–1741
- Réflexions sur la poésie françoise: où l'on fait voir en quoi consiste la beauté des vers, et où l'on donne des règles sûres pour réussir à les bien faire; avec une défense de la poësie, et une apologie pour les sçavans , 1742
- Théâtre du P. Du Cerceau à l'usage des collèges . Nouvelle éd. revue et augmentée d'une notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de cet auteur, 1822 pdf
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| SURNAME | Cerceau, Jean-Antoine you |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cerceau, father you |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Jesuit, poet, playwright and man of letters |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1670 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1730 |
| Place of death | Paris |