Nicolas La Grange (1707–1775)
was a French playwright and translator, notable for his 1768 translation of
Lucretius' ''
De Rerum Natura
''De rerum natura'' (; ''On the Nature of Things'') is a first-century BC didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius ( – c. 55 BC) with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. The poem, written in some 7 ...
'' and for several plays.
La Grange served as private tutor to the children of the
French Enlightenment philosopher
Baron d'Holbach
Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (; 8 December 1723 – 21 January 1789), was a French-German philosopher, encyclopedist, writer, and prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, near Land ...
and collaborated with
Jacques-André Naigeon
Jacques-André Naigeon (15 July 1738, Paris – 28 February 1810, Paris) was a French artist, atheist– materialist philosopher, editor and man of letters best known for his contributions to the ''Encyclopédie'' and for reworking Baron d'Hol ...
in translating the works of
Seneca.
[S. G. Tallentyre,]
''Friends of Voltaire''
p. 130.
Works (selection)
*1758: ''Oeuvres de théâtre de M. de La Grange.'' Duchesne, Paris
*1770: ''Le bon tuteur, et l'indolent.'' Libr. assoc., La Haye
*1772: ''Les contre-temps: Comédie.''
References
External links
''Œuvres de Theatre de M. de La Grange''at Google Books
''Adriene; ou, Les aventures de la marquise de ***''at the Internet Archive
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1707 births
1767 deaths
18th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French translators
18th-century French translators