Jean-Jacques Bouchard

Jean-Jacques Bouchard (30 October 1606, in Paris – 26 August 1641, in Rome) was a French writer. He was the son of Jean Bouchard, Secretary of the King, and Claude Merceron, a relation of Gilles Ménage, from a recently ennobled family composed of judges. Bouchard was an author of erotic literature and notably published Confessions.

Main works La Conjuration du comte de Fiesque, traduite de l'italien du Sgr Mascardi par le Sr de Fontenay Sainte-Geneviève et dédiée à Monseigneur l'Éminentissime Cardinal Duc de Richelieu, Paris, 1639 Journal I Les confessions; Voyage de Paris à Rome; Le carnaval à Rome, works by Jean-Jacques Bouchard, by Emanuele Kanceff, Turin, Giappichelli, 1976 Journal II Voyage dans le royaume de Naples; Voyage dans la campagne de Rome, works by Jean-Jacques Bouchard, by Emanuele Kanceff, Turin, Giappichelli, 1977 Confessions, preceded by "Avez-vous lu Bouchard ?" by Patrick Mauriès, Paris, le Promeneur, 2003