Pierre de Boissat
Pierre de Boissat (1603 in Vienne, Isère – 28 March 1662) was a soldier, writer, poet and translator.
Knight and Count Palatine, Boissat began his career in the military. He was one of the first members of the Académie française, and first to occupy the Academy's seat 31 in 1634. Boissat translated Les fables d'Esope Phrygien, illustrées de Discours moraux, philosophiques et politiques, published in 1633 by his friend Jean Baudoin, used by Jean de La Fontaine. He is also attributed with Une Morale chrétienne and Une Histoire négropontique. His home, l'hôtel Pierre de Boissat, on rue des Orfèvres in Vienne, département Isère (France) exists today as an historic monument.
External links
- Works by or about Pierre de Boissat at the Internet Archive
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- Pierre de Boissat (1634)
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- Jean de La Chapelle (1688)
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- Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1768)
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- Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1803)
- Gérard de Lally-Tollendal (1816)
- Jean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville (1830)
- Xavier Marmier (1870)
- Henri de Bornier (1893)
- Edmond Rostand (1901)
- Joseph Bédier (1920)
- Jérôme Tharaud (1938)
- Jean Cocteau (1955)
- Jacques Rueff (1964)
- Jean Dutourd (1978)
- Michael Edwards (2013)
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