About Marie-Marguerite Brun
Lived 1713 – 1794 (aged 81). Marie-Marguerite Brun was a French poet, lexicographer and writer.
Marie-Marguerite Brun (25 June 1713 in Coligny — 10 July 1794 in Besançon) was a French lexicographer and poet.
Biography Born as Marie-Marguerite de Maison-Forte, she took the name Brun in 1730 when she married the subdelegate of Besançon, who later became the King's Prosecutor to the financial office of Besançon.
She regularly invited writers at her home. In 1753, she released Essay d'un dictionnaire franc-comtois (a dictionary of the Franc-Comtois language) with Mr. Petit-Benoist.
In 1773, she earned an honourable mention in the Académie Française prize contest for her poem L'Amour maternel. In 1774, she published another poem, L'Amour des François pour leur roi.
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French poet
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Marie-Marguerite Brun was born on 25 June 1713 in Coligny.
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Marie-Marguerite Brun died on 10 July 1794 in Besançon.
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Marie-Marguerite Brun was a poet, lexicographer and writer.
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