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Jean-Pierre Lesguillon

Jean-Pierre-François Lesguillon, (1800 – January 1873) was a 19th-century French poet, novelist, playwright and librettist. Lesguillon wrote comédies en vaudeville, comedies and dramas, in prose and in verse, novels, and a great number of pieces in verse crowned at the floral games and in the competitions of all departmental academies. In 1830 he succeeded Justin Gensoul at the head of the Almanach des Muses which he directed until 1833, the year when he started publishing the periodical La Lanterne magique.

Also recorded as Jean-Pierre-François Lesguillon

Jean-Pierre Lesguillon

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Name
Jean-Pierre Lesguillon
Born
1800
Birthplace
Orléans
Died
January 1873
Place of death
Paris
Spouse
Hermance Lesguillon
Nationality
France
Occupation
poet · playwright · novelist · librettist
Languages
French

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Jean-Pierre-François Lesguillon, (1800 – January 1873) was a 19th-century French poet, novelist, playwright and librettist. Lesguillon wrote comédies en vaudeville, comedies and dramas, in prose and in verse, novels, and a great number of pieces in verse crowned at the floral games and in the competitions of all departmental academies. In 1830 he succeeded Justin Gensoul at the head of the Almanach des Muses which he directed until 1833, the year when he started publishing the periodical La Lanterne magique.

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