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Étienne Aignan (April 9 1773 - June 21 1824) was a French translator, political writer, librettist and playwright born in Beaugency-sur-Loire.
In 1814 he was made a member of the Académie française, replacing Bernardin de Saint-Pierre in Seat 27.
Among his works are:
- a verse translation of the Iliad,
- translations of Pope, Goldsmith, and Elisa Hervey,
- the play La mort de Louis XVI: tragédie en trois actes (Paris 1793) covering the trial and execution of King Louis XVI,
- librettos for the operas Maria Seski (1799), Nephtali, ou les Ammonites by Blangini (Ballard, Paris 1806), and the Arthurian Arthus de Bretagne,
- The Condition of the Protestants in France (1818) and
- Histoire du jury (A. Eymery, Paris 1822).
References
- Académie française Étienne Aignan page (http://www.academie-francaise.fr/immortels/base/academiciens/fiche.asp?param=325) (in French)
- University of Maryland copy of La mort de Louis XVI: ... (http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/Exhibits/ThirdEstate/Louis.html) [1] (http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/Exhibits/ThirdEstate/lamort.html)
- Arthurian operas (http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/acpbibs/reel.htm)
- Château d'Oron library search (http://dbserv1-bcu.unil.ch/oron/oronrech.php?Arg=Etienne+Aignan) (in French)
- Dates (http://chronobio.asurtech.com/structure.php3?rub=3&id=8683) (in French)
| Preceded by: Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre | Seat 27 Académie française | Succeeded by: Alexandre Soumet |