Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny explained

Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny
Birth Date:30 August 1787
Occupation:Poet, journalist, writer

Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny (30 August 1787 – 4 November 1868) was a French playwright, poet, journalist and writer.

Biography

He studied at Dijon, then moved to Paris to study law. An employee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he became a lawyer after the upheaval of the Imperial Government. An editor in several newspapers, he made his debut at the Théâtre-Français in 1819 with a three-act in verses comedy, L’École des Exagérés.

A managing director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon (1841), his plays were performed on the most significant Parisian stages of his time: Odéon, Comédie-Française, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.

He was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur 4 March 1831.[1]

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Notes and References

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