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Étienne Aignan (9 April 1773, Beaugency – 21 June 1824, Paris) was a French translator, political writer,
librettist A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major litu ...
and playwright. In 1814 he was made a member of the
Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...
, succeeding
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (also called Bernardin de St. Pierre) (19 January 1737, in Le Havre – 21 January 1814, in Éragny, Val-d'Oise) was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1788 novel '' Paul et Virginie'', ...
in Seat 27. He died on 21 June 1824 aged 51 years old.


Main works

*1793: ''Le Martyre de Marie-Antoinette d'Autriche, reine de France'', five-act tragedy *1793: ''La Mort de
Louis XVI Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...
'', three-act tragedy. *1795: ''Aux Mânes des neuf victimes d'Orléans. Chants funèbres exécutés pour la première fois sur le théâtre d'Orléans, le 29 prairial, an IIIe. de la République française, et suivis de notes historiques'': libretto/text, set in music by Brochiez for soloist singers, choir and orchestra (with narrator). (''in memoriam'' the nine national guards from Orléans guillotined under the
reign of Terror The Reign of Terror (french: link=no, la Terreur) was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, ...
following the
L̩onard Bourdon Louis Jean Joseph L̩onard Bourdon de la Croni̬re (6 November 1754, Alen̤on Р29 May 1807, Breslau) was a French politician of the French Revolution. He was president of the National Constituent Assembly and substitute for the procureu ...
case.) *1798: ''L'Hôtellerie portugaise'', opéra comique, Paris,
Théâtre Feydeau The Théâtre Feydeau (), a former Parisian theatre company, was founded in 1789 with the patronage of Monsieur, Comte de Provence (later to become Louis XVIII), and was therefore initially named the Théâtre de Monsieur. It began performing in t ...
, 7 thermidor an VI *1801: ''Essai sur la critique, poëme en trois chants, suivi de deux discours philosophiques, traduction en vers libres de l'anglais de
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''. *1803: ''Le Ministre de Wakefield, by
Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is best known for his novel ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1766), his pastoral poem ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), and his pl ...
'', new translation. *1803: ''Chimère et réalité'', opéra comique in 1 act and in verse, Paris, Théâtre Feydeau, 17 nivôse an XI. *1804: ''Le Connétable de Clisson'', three-act opera, Paris,
Opéra This is a glossary list of opera genres, giving alternative names. "Opera" is an Italian word (short for "opera in musica"); it was not at first ''commonly'' used in Italy (or in other countries) to refer to the genre of particular works. Most c ...
, 20 pluviôse an XII. *1804: ''Polyxène'', tragedy in three acts and in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 23 nivôse an XII. *1806: ''Nephtali ou les Ammonites'', three-act opera. *1809: ''L' Iliade, traduite en vers français, suivie de la comparaison des divers passages de ce poëme avec les morceaux correspondants des principaux poètes hébreux, grecs, français, allemands, italiens, anglais, espagnols et portugais'', 3 vol. *1810: ''Brunehaut, ou les Successeurs de
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'', tragédie en 5 actes et en vers, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 24 February. *1817: ''De la justice et de la police, ou Examen de quelques parties de l'instruction criminelle considérées dans leur rapport avec les mœurs et la sûreté des citoyens''. *1818: ''De l'État des protestants en France depuis le XVIe jusqu'à nos jours, avec des notes et éclaircissements historiques'' (1818). *1819: ''Des Coups d'État dans la monarchie constitutionnelle''. *1822: ''Histoire du jury''. *1823–1828: ''Bibliothèque étrangère d'histoire et de littérature ancienne et moderne, ou Choix d'ouvrages remarquables et curieux, traduits ou extraits de diverses langues, avec des notices et des remarques'' (3 vol.). *1825: ''Extraits des Mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France depuis 1757''.


Sources

* J. Debarbouiller, « Aignan (Étienne) », ''in'' Charles Brainne (dir.), ''Les Hommes illustres de l'Orléanais: biographie générale des trois départements du Loiret, de l'Eure-et-Loir et de Loir-et-Cher'', A. Gatineau, 1852
p. 259-261
* « Notice sur M. Aignan », ''in'' Pierre Marie Michel Lepeintre Desroches, ''Suite du Répertoire du Théâtre-Français, with a selection of plays from several other theatres, arranged and classified'', Chez Mme veuve Dabo, 1822, tome 7
p. 178-179
*
Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...
, ''Dictionnaire universel des littératures'', Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 40.


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