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
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)