Marie-Anne Barbier (1670 or 21 January 1664 – 1745) was a French writer. The daughter of Jacques Barbier and Marie Sinson, she was born in

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. Barbier wrote in collaboration with the

abbé ''Abbé'' (from Latin ''abbas'', in turn from Greek , ''abbas'', from Aramaic ''abba'', a title of honour, literally meaning "the father, my father", emphatic state of ''abh'', "father") is the French word for an abbot. It is the title for lowe ...

Simon-Joseph Pellegrin The abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (1663 – 5 September 1745) was a French poet and playwright, a librettist who collaborated with Jean-Philippe Rameau and other composers. Biography He was born at Marseille, the son of a ''conseiller'' to the Si ...

. In 1702, she wrote her first play ''Arrie et Petus'', a tragedy. That was followed by the tragedies ''Cornélie, mère des Gracques'' in 1703, ''Tomyris, Reine des MaiTagetes'' in 1707 and ''La Mort de César'' in 1709. In 1719, Barbier wrote ''Le Faucon'', a comedy in one act. She also wrote two operas: '' Fêtes de l’été'' and ''Le Jugement de Pâris'' and ''Les Plaisirs de la campagne'', a ballet. She published a literary periodical ''Saisons littéraires'' which contained critical reviews of theatre. Barbier died in Paris.

References

External links

Marie Anne Barbier
at

HathiTrust HathiTrust Digital Library is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via Google Books and the Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally ...

Marie-Anne Barbier
at

Bibliothèque nationale de France The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barbier, Marie-Anne Year of birth uncertain 1745 deaths French women dramatists and playwrights