Étienne Aignan

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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

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