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Barthélemy Imbert

1747 – 1790

French writer, poet and playwright

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Lived 1747 – 1790 (aged 43). Barthélemy Imbert was a French poet, playwright, literary critic, writer, journalist and publisher.

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. The author then wrote comedies, tragedies, novels, fables and tales in verse and prose, which fell into oblivion.

Works 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 muses1793: Réflexions sur un article du premier Mercure de janvier 1776''

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Who was Barthélemy Imbert?

French writer, poet and playwright (1747-1790)

When was Barthélemy Imbert born?

Barthélemy Imbert was born on 16 March 1747 in Nîmes.

When did Barthélemy Imbert die?

Barthélemy Imbert died on 23 August 1790 in Paris.

What was Barthélemy Imbert's occupation?

Barthélemy Imbert was a poet, playwright, literary critic, writer, journalist and publisher.

What nationality was Barthélemy Imbert?

Barthélemy Imbert was French.

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· Wikipedia: Barthélemy Imbert

· Wikidata: Q2885973

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