Louis-Simon Auger
Louis-Simon Auger (born December 29, 1772 in Paris , † January 2, 1829 there ) was a French editor , biographer , vaudeville poet , journalist and literary historian .
Auger was employed in the Ministry of the Interior until 1812 . In 1816 he was at the request of King Louis XVIII. elected to succeed the exiled Lucien Bonaparte in the Académie française (armchair 32). Four years later this king appointed him censor , which attracted the most violent attacks from the liberal press. From 1826 Auger worked as permanent secretary of the academy.
On January 2, 1829, Auger committed suicide in the Seine .
reception
Auger's first works were plays; mostly vaudevilles. From 1804 Auger worked mainly as an employee of the magazines "Décade philosophique" and "Journal de l'Empire"; later also in the "Journal général de France". But he achieved his greatest literary successes as editor, biographer and commentator of many French writers; z. B. Molières .
His award-winning eulogies for Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux and Pierre Corneille and the biographies of Molieres , François Rabelais and Voltaires contained in the "Biographie universelle" deserve special mention .
Works (selection)
- Mélanges philosophiques et littéraires . Paris 1828 (2 vol.).
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auger, Louis-Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Literary historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1772 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 1829 |
| Place of death | Paris |