Jean-Jacques Lefranc de Pompignan

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Jean Jacques Le Franc, Marquis de Pompignan (born August 10, 1709 in Montauban , † November 1, 1784 in Pompignan ) was a French writer.

Life

Lefranc de Pompignan was initially advocate general, then first president at the higher tax court in his hometown. He gave up his office to devote himself entirely to literature. He moved to Paris, where he was accepted into the Académie française in 1759 . After a violent argument with the encyclopedists , especially with Voltaire and d'Alembert , he retired to his estate, where he died in 1784.

He was the first to translate Aeschylus into French. His daughter was probably the women's rights activist Olympe de Gouges , but he did not recognize her.

Works

  • Didon (tragedy, 1734)
  • Poésies sacrées (Paris 1751)
  • Œuvres complètes (Paris 1784, 6 volumes)
  • Œuvres choisies (Paris 1822, 2 volumes)

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