Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour
Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Trousset, sieur de Valincour (also Valincourt ) (born March 1, 1653 in Paris , † January 4, 1730 ibid) was a French writer and historian .
Life and work
As a protégé of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet , he came to the court of Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse . He became Secretary of the Navy and later on the Prince's Command Staff. He was friends with the French Chancellor Henri François d'Aguesseau , the writer Nicolas Boileau and the playwright Jean Racine . He followed Racine as royal chronicler (Historiographe du roi) Louis XIV and replaced him after his death in 1699 in the Académie française . In 1721 he became an honorary member of the Académie des Sciences . Boileau dedicated his eleventh satire to him, entitled Sur le vrai et le faux honneur (1698). From 1713 he published Boileau's works after his death.
He himself wrote short stories, fables , stamps , historical works and translations. He mainly transmitted the works of Latin poets, especially Horace . His literary taste and criticism show him as a typical representative of the French classical period .
Works (selection)
- Lettres à Madame la Marquise *** on "La princesse de Clèves" , Paris 1678 ( digitized ).
- Vie de François de Lorraine, duc de Guise , Paris 1681 ( digitized version ).
- Observations critiques sur l'Œdipe de Sophocle , 1682.
- Preface to the 2nd edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie , Paris 1718.
- Mémoire sur la Marine de France , Paris 1725 ( Reprint 1844, digitized ).
- Essai d'une traduction d'Horace , Amsterdam 1727.
literature
- Dictionnaire des lettres françaises. Le XVIIIe siècle. Nouvelle édition. Edited by François Moureau. Paris 1995. p. 1312.
- Ramsey, Jerome: "Valincour and the critical tradition", in: Modern Philology 65, 4 (1968), pp. 325–333.
- Williams, Charles G .: Valincour. The limits of honnêteté . Washington 1991. ISBN 0-8132-0721-5 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valincour, Jean-Baptiste-Henri de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trousset de Valincour, Jean-Baptiste-Henri du |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1653 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1730 |
| Place of death | Paris |