Boissy, Louis de, 1694-1758
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Name (Latin)
Boissy, Louis de, 1694-1758
Other forms of name
De Boissy, Louis, 1694-1758
Boissy, M. de (Louis), 1694-1758
Buassi, L., 1694-1758
Simien, 1694-1758
Boissy, 1694-1758
Boissy, Signor de (Louis), 1694-1758
Simien, M., 1694-1758
Boissi, Sr de (Louis), 1694-1758
Boissy, Heer de, 1694-1758
De Boissy, 1694-1758
Boissy, de, 1694-1758
Boussy, Heer de, 1694-1758
Date of birth
1694-11-26
Date of death
1758-04-19
Place of birth
Vic-sur-Cère (France)
Place of death
Paris (France)
Other associated place
Saint-Flour (France)
Field of activity
French drama--18th century
Journalism
Associate group
Académie française
Académie française (1754)
Occupation
Dramatists, French--18th century
Journalists
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- BnF authorities, Aug. 8, 2013(Boissy, Louis de (1694-1758); born 1694-11-26, Vic-sur-Cère, died 1758-04-19, Paris; poet and dramatic author, director of the Gazette de France, then of the Mercure; member of the Académie française (elected in 1754))
- Cioranescu, A. 18. s.(Boissy (Louis de), Vic-sur-Cère, Nov. 26, 1694-Paris, Apr. 19, 1758)
- Dict. de biographie française(Boissy (Louis de), dramatic author, born Vic-sur-Cère, Nov. 26, 1694, died Apr. 19, 1758; wrote approximately 40 plays)
- Louis de BOISSY (1694-1758); baptized in Vic-sur-Cère, Nov. 26, 1694; died in Paris, Apr. 19, 1758; studied at college of Saint-Flour and intended to enter priesthood; abandoned that to study law in Paris (1717), where he devoted himself instead to literature; wrote two novels but specialized in drama; editor of the Gazette de France from December 1750 to July 1751 and again for a time in 1754, when he was elected to the Académie française; with the support of the marquise de Pompadour, he was granted the privilege for the Mercure de France and was its editor from January 1755 to April 1758 ( (Dict. des journalistes, 1600-1789, electronic ed. (WWW), accessed Aug. 8, 2013) )
- La vie est un songe, 1732:title page (de Monsieur de Boissy)
- VIAF, Aug. 8, 2014(VIAF ID: 51711644 (Personal); authorized access points: Boissy, Louis de, 1694-1758: BnF, SUDOC, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Vatican Library, national libraries of Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland; Boissy, M. de (Louis), 1694-1758: LC/NACO, national libraries of Israel and Australia)
- His Oeuvres de théâtre de M. de Boissy, 1766:t.p. (M. de Boissy)
- His Chefs d'oeuvre, 1789:t.p. (Boissy)
- His Gli esteriori ingannevoli, 1804:t.p. (Signor de Boissy)
- His Les filles femmes et les femmes filles, 1759:t.p. (M. Simien)
- His L'impatient, 1729:t.p. (M. de Boissi)
- His Programme d'Eugénie, 1753:t.p. (Sr. de Boissi)
- His Het leven is een droom, 18--?:t.p. (Hr de Boissy)
- His Le babillard, 1789:t.p. (de Boissy)
- His De Hagenaar te Enkhuizen, 1758:t.p. (Heer de Boussy)
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Louis De Boissy
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Wikipedia description:
Louis de Boissy (26 November 1694, Vic-sur-Cère, Province of Auvergne – 19 April 1758, Paris) was an 18th-century French poet and playwright. He was elected to seat 6 of the Académie française on 12 August 1754. He wrote satires and several comedies, of which the best is Les Dehors trompeurs ou l'Homme du jour (The False Appearances, or the Man of the Moment), the great success of the 1740 season, with a cast including Quinault-Dufresne and Jeanne Quinault. Boissy had the concession to print the Mercure de France. His son was Louis Michel de Boissy. The historian Louis Michel de Boissy was his son.
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