Joseph François Édouard de Corsembleu Desmahis
French writer
About Joseph François Édouard de Corsembleu Desmahis
Lived 1723 – 1761 (aged 37). Joseph François Édouard de Corsembleu Desmahis was a French writer, playwright and encyclopédistes.
Joseph-François-Édouard de Corsembleu Sieur de Desmahis (1 March 1723, Sully-sur-Loire, Orléanais – 25 February 1761, Paris) was an 18th-century French playwright.
Desmahis was initially known under the auspices of Voltaire by fugitive plays, including:
Le Voyage de Saint-Germain; L’Heureux amant qui sait te plaire. 1750: L’Impertinent, ou le Billet perdu two-act comedy.
He contributed the articles FAT and FEMME to the Encyclopédie by Diderot and D’Alembert.
His Œuvres were collected in 2 vol. in-12 (1778).
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Joseph François Édouard de Corsembleu Desmahis was born on 1 March 1723 in Sully-sur-Loire.
When did Joseph François Édouard de Corsembleu Desmahis die?
Joseph François Édouard de Corsembleu Desmahis died on 25 February 1761 in Paris.
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Joseph François Édouard de Corsembleu Desmahis was a writer, playwright and encyclopédistes.
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Joseph François Édouard de Corsembleu Desmahis was French.
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