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

dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwri ...

and 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 ...

. He was born and died in

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; ) is a small city in the southwestern French Departments of France, department of Charente, of which it is the Prefectures of France, prefecture. Located on a plateau overlooking a meander of ...

. 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