Étienne Aignan (9 April 1773,

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– 21 June 1824, Paris) was a French translator, political writer,

librettist A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major ...

and playwright. In 1814 he was made a member of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

, succeeding

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (; also called Bernardin de St. Pierre) (19 January 1737, in Le Havre – 21 January 1814, in Éragny, Val-d'Oise) was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1788 novel, '' Paul et Virginie ...

in Seat 27. He died on 21 June 1824 aged 51 years old.

Main works

*1793: ''Le Martyre de Marie-Antoinette d'Autriche, reine de France'', five-act tragedy *1793: ''La Mort de

Louis XVI Louis XVI (Louis-Auguste; ; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765), Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir- ...

'', three-act tragedy. *1795: ''Aux Mânes des neuf victimes d'Orléans. Chants funèbres exécutés pour la première fois sur le théâtre d'Orléans, le 29 prairial, an IIIe. de la République française, et suivis de notes historiques'': libretto/text, set in music by Brochiez for soloist singers, choir and orchestra (with narrator). (''in memoriam'' the nine national guards from Orléans guillotined under the

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following the

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case.) *1798: ''L'Hôtellerie portugaise'', opéra comique, Paris,

Théâtre Feydeau The Théâtre Feydeau (), a former Parisian theatre company, was founded in 1789 with the patronage of Monsieur, Comte de Provence (later to become Louis XVIII), and was therefore initially named the Théâtre de Monsieur. It began performing in ...

, 7 thermidor an VI *1801: ''Essai sur la critique, poëme en trois chants, suivi de deux discours philosophiques, traduction en vers libres de l'anglais de

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''. *1803: ''Le Ministre de Wakefield, by

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'', new translation. *1803: ''Chimère et réalité'', opéra comique in 1 act and in verse, Paris, Théâtre Feydeau, 17 nivôse an XI. *1804: ''Le Connétable de Clisson'', three-act opera, Paris, Opéra, 20 pluviôse an XII. *1804: ''Polyxène'', tragedy in three acts and in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 23 nivôse an XII. *1806: ''Nephtali ou les Ammonites'', three-act opera. *1809: ''L' Iliade, traduite en vers français, suivie de la comparaison des divers passages de ce poëme avec les morceaux correspondants des principaux poètes hébreux, grecs, français, allemands, italiens, anglais, espagnols et portugais'', 3 vol. *1810: ''Brunehaut, ou les Successeurs de

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'', tragédie en 5 actes et en vers, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 24 February. *1817: ''De la justice et de la police, ou Examen de quelques parties de l'instruction criminelle considérées dans leur rapport avec les mœurs et la sûreté des citoyens''. *1818: ''De l'État des protestants en France depuis le XVIe jusqu'à nos jours, avec des notes et éclaircissements historiques'' (1818). *1819: ''Des Coups d'État dans la monarchie constitutionnelle''. *1822: ''Histoire du jury''. *1823–1828: ''Bibliothèque étrangère d'histoire et de littérature ancienne et moderne, ou Choix d'ouvrages remarquables et curieux, traduits ou extraits de diverses langues, avec des notices et des remarques'' (3 vol.). *1825: ''Extraits des Mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France depuis 1757''.

References

Sources

* J. Debarbouiller, « Aignan (Étienne) », ''in'' Charles Brainne (dir.), ''Les Hommes illustres de l'Orléanais: biographie générale des trois départements du Loiret, de l'Eure-et-Loir et de Loir-et-Cher'', A. Gatineau, 1852
p. 259-261
* « Notice sur M. Aignan », ''in'' Pierre Marie Michel Lepeintre Desroches, ''Suite du Répertoire du Théâtre-Français, with a selection of plays from several other theatres, arranged and classified'', Chez Mme veuve Dabo, 1822, tome 7
p. 178-179
*

Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...

, ''Dictionnaire universel des littératures'', Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 40.

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