Charles Brifaut (15 February 1781,

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– 5 June 1857,

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) was a French poet, journalist, publicist and playwright.

Biography

A liberal royalist, Brifaut edited the ''Gazette de France'' and attended the salon of Madame Vigée-Lebrun. He also worked as a censor and it was he who the interior minister entrusted with controlling ''

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'' and with warning

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that ''Marion Delorme'' had been stopped (that play would not be put on until two years later). Pensioned off by

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, he was elected to the

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in 1826. He was associated with the editing of the memoirs of the actress

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, one of the lovers of

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(''Aventures de la celèbre danseuse raconté par elle-même'', 1847).

Works

*''Rosamonde, poème en trois chants, suivi de poésies diverses'' (1813) *''Ninus II'', tragedy in 5 acts, Paris, Théâtre-Français (19 April 1813) *''

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'', opera in 3 acts after

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, music by

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, Paris,

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at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Montansier (22 December 1819) *''Charles de Navarre'', tragedy in 5 acts, Paris, Odéon (1 March 1820) (Iconography online
/small>) *''Dialogues, contes et autres poésies'' (1824) *''Le Droit de vie et de mort'', poem (1829) (Online text
/small>) *''Les Déguisements, ou Une Folie de grands hommes'', verse comedy in 1 act (1829) *''Les Éphémères'' (1850) *''Œuvres'' (complete works in 6 volumes, 1858): **Gallica
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/small> *''Récits d'un vieux parrain à son jeune filleul'' (1899) *''Souvenirs d'un académicien sur la Revolution, le premier Empire et la Restauration'', with an introduction and notes by Dr. Cabanès, followed by correspondence by the author (1920–21)

Bibliography

* Franqueville, Charles Franquet (1840-1922 ; comte de) (1895)
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''Le premier siècle de l'Institut de France, 25 octobre 1795 – 25 octobre 1895'', Volume 1. Paris: J. Rothschild. * Godefroy, Frédéric (1880)
"Brifaut (Charles)"
''Histoire de la littérature française au XIXe siècle''. Paris: Gaume. * Muteau, Charles; Garnier, Joseph (1860)
"Brifaut (Charles)"
''Galerie bourguignonne'', volume 3, p. 331. Dijon: Picard/Lamarche. Paris: Durand/Dumoulin. * Vapereau, Gustave (1876)
"Brifaut (Charles)"
''Dictionnaire universal des littératures''. Paris: Hachette.

External links

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