Jean-Baptiste Vivien de Châteaubrun (; 1686 – 16 February 1775) was a French

dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

and 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 ...

. He was born and died in

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

. He spent 40 years of his life polishing two plays, but his maid mistook them for wrapping paper, thus losing his life's work. Today, his work ''Les Troyennes'' (1734) survives.

Bibliography

* ''Mahomet second, tragédie'' (1714) * ''Les Troyennes, tragédie'' (1751) * ''Philoctète, tragédie'' (1755) * ''Astyanax, tragédie'' (1756) * Шатобрэн, Жан-Батист-Вивьен 1686 births 1775 deaths People from Angoulême 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights Members of the Académie Française {{France-playwright-stub