Gilles de Caux de Montlebert
Gilles de Caux de Montlebert, (c.1682, Ligneries – 17 September 1733, Bayeux) was an 18th-century French poet and playwright from Normandy. A descendant of Pierre Corneille by his mother, he was controller of the king's farms. He served as nominees to président Hénault for the publication in 1716 of his tragedy Marius à Cirthe, to which he probably worked.
Gilles de Caux de Montlebert
- Name
- Gilles de Caux de Montlebert
- Born
- 1682
- Birthplace
- Ligneries
- Died
- 17 September 1733
- Place of death
- Bayeux
- Known for
- Poetry and playwright
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- poet · playwright · writer
- Fields
- creative and professional writing · poetry · drama
- Languages
- French
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Gilles de Caux de Montlebert, (c.1682, Ligneries – 17 September 1733, Bayeux) was an 18th-century French poet and playwright from Normandy. A descendant of Pierre Corneille by his mother, he was controller of the king's farms. He served as nominees to président Hénault for the publication in 1716 of his tragedy Marius à Cirthe, to which he probably worked.
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His tragedy Lysimachus, completed by his son, was presented without success in 1737. Boileau praised one of his poems entitled L'Horloge de sable. He collaborated with L'Année littéraire by Fréron.
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• Name — Gilles de Caux de Montlebert • Birth Name — Gilles de Caux de Montlebert • Born — 1682 • Birthplace — Ligneries • Died — 17 September 1733 • Place of death — Bayeux • Known for — Poetry and playwright
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• 1714: L'Horloge de sable, figure du monde, moral poem • 1715: Marius à Cirthe, tragedy, avec le président Hénault, premiered 15 November 1715 (published in 1716) • 1725: Ode au roi et à la reine sur leur mariage • 1737: Lysimachus, tragedy, premiered 13 December 1737 (published in 1738) • Adraste, tragedy (non printed)
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