Barthélemy Imbert
Barthélemy Imbert (16 March 1747 – 23 August 1790) was an 18th-century French playwright, poet and novelist. After his studies in his home town, Nîmes, Imbert moved to Paris where he made his reputation with The Judgment of Pâris, a poem in four songs in verses of ten syllables, published in 1772. A clever plan, a pleasant facility, a graceful elegance, made a quick success to this work.
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Barthélemy Imbert
- Name
- Barthélemy Imbert
- Born
- 16 March 1747
- Birthplace
- Nîmes, France
- Died
- 23 August 1790
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Playwright Poet Novelist
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French.
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Barthélemy Imbert (16 March 1747 – 23 August 1790) was an 18th-century French playwright, poet and novelist. After his studies in his home town, Nîmes, Imbert moved to Paris where he made his reputation with The Judgment of Pâris, a poem in four songs in verses of ten syllables, published in 1772. A clever plan, a pleasant facility, a graceful elegance, made a quick success to this work.
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Barthélemy Imbert was a French bookseller, journalist and literary critic, among other activities. Born in Nîmes, the bookseller died in Paris. Barthélemy Imbert was also known as Madame ***. Languages used include French.
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The author then wrote comedies, tragedies, novels, fables and tales in verse and prose, which fell into oblivion.
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• Name — Barthélemy Imbert • Born — 16 March 1747 • Birthplace — Nîmes, France • Died — 23 August 1790 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Playwright Poet Novelist
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• 1770: Poinsinet et Molière, dialogue dédié à M. Piron • 1771: Thérèse Danet à Euphémie, héroïde • 1772: Le Jugement de Pâris, poëme en VI chants. Œuvres mêlées, pièces fugitives, fables • 1773: Fables nouvelles, dédiées à Madame la Dauphine • 1773: Élégie sur la mort de M. Piron • 1774: Historiettes, ou Nouvelles en vers • 1774: Lettre d'une religieuse à la Reine • 1776: Les Bienfaits du sommeil, ou les Quatre rêves accomplis, poème en quatre chants Text online • 1776: Les Égaremens de l'amour, ou Lettres de Fanéli et de Milfort, 2 vol. • 1777: Œuvres poétiques, 2 vol. • 1782: Lecture du matin, ou Nouvelles historiettes en prose • 1783: Lectures variées, ou Bigarrures littéraires • 1788: Choix de fabliaux mis en vers, 2 vol. • 1806: Contes moraux', 2 vol. • Theatre • 1777: Gabrielle de Passi, parody of Gabrielle de Vergi, in 1 act, in prose and in vaudevilles, with Louis d'Ussieux, Théâtre italien de Paris, 30 August. • 1778: Fanéli, ou les Égaremens de l'amour, five-act drama • 1779: Le Lord anglois et le chevalier françois, comedy in one act and in free verse, Théâtre italien de Paris, 23 December • 1781: Le Jaloux sans amour, comedy in 5 acts and in free verse, Théâtre italien de Paris, 8 January • 1782: L'Inauguration du Théâtre français, one-act play in verse, Théâtre-Français, 9 April • 1789: La Fausse apparence, ou le Jaloux malgré lui, comedy in 3 acts and in verse, Théâtre-Français, 24 April Text online • 1781: Les Deux sylphes, comedy in 1 act and in verse, mingled with ariettes, Comédiens italiens, 18 October • 1789: Marie de Brabant, reine de France, tragedy in 5 acts and in verse, Théâtre-Français, 9 September Text online • Literary critic • 1778–1788: Annales poétiques ou Almanach des muses • 1793: Réflexions sur un article du premier Mercure de janvier 1776
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Barthélemy Imbert was born at Nîmes.
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