Étienne Pavillon (1632 – 10 January 1705) was a French lawyer and poet.
Biography
Grandson of a famous lawyer and nephew of bishop
Nicolas Pavillon
Nicolas Pavillon (1597 at Paris – 1677 at Alet) was a French bishop of Alet and Jansenist. His attitude against Pope Alexander VII won him the admiration of Port-Royal. Alet became the "Mecca" of the Jansenists. His nephew was the writer Étienn ...
, Pavillon was born and died in
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 ...
. He first studied theology before renouncing this to become "avocat général" to the parliament of
Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...
. Before having spent ten years in that role, he had a reverse in his fortunes and returned to Paris. Suffering from
gout
Gout ( ) is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of a red, tender, hot and swollen joint, caused by deposition of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals. Pain typically comes on rapidly, reaching maximal intensit ...
and pensioned off by
Louis XIV
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Vers ...
, he set up a
salon
Salon may refer to:
Common meanings
* Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments
* French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home
* Salon (gathering), a meeting for learning or enjoyment
Arts and entertainment
* Salon (P ...
to which high society flocked. "She found in him conversation that was fine and witty, clever and polite, instructive without being pedantic". Thus, against
La Bruyère and without having asked for it, he was elected 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 ...
in 1691, then of the
Académie des inscriptions in 1701.
Étienne Pavillon was an author of "vers de circonstance", in stanzas and madrigals, and of letters in verse or prose in the
Voiture genre, gathered together for the first time in a posthumously-published volume, reissued several times between 1715 and 1750.
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his ...
called him "doux mais faible Pavillon".
[''Le Temple du Goût'', 1731.]
Quotation
;À une Dame, sur un mal de tête
:''Si c'est une vapeur de la Région basse,''
:''Dont un jeune cerveau souvent est embrasé,''
::''Peu de chose vous embarasse.''
::''Ce n'est qu'une chaleur, qui passe ;''
::''Et le remède en est aisé.''
::''Accoutumés-vous à l'usage''
::''D'une prise de Mariage,''
::''Le soir avant vôtre sommeil.''
::Reiteretur ''au réveil ;''
:''Et, si le jour encor vous sentés quelque chose,''
:''Apelés du secours & redoublés la dose.''
:''Mais tout le monde en vain voudroit vous secourir,''
:''Si le mal vient du Cœur & vous porte à la Tête.''
::''Il faut vous résoudre à soufrir ;''
:''Vous êtes trop fidèle, Iris, pour en guérir.''
References
External links
Biography on Académie française site
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1632 births
1705 deaths
Writers from Paris
17th-century French lawyers
French poets
Members of the Académie Française
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
French male poets
Lawyers from Metz