Antoine Gilbert Griffet de Labaume
Antoine Gilbert Griffet de Labaume | |
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Born | 21 November 1756 Moulins, France |
Died | 18 March 1805 Paris, France | (aged 48)
Occupation | Writer, playwright, translator |
Language | French |
Antoine Gilbert Griffet de Labaume (21 November 1756 – 18 March 1805) was an 18th-century French writer, playwright and translator. Born in Moulins, Allier, he died in Paris aged 48.
Biography
Griffet de Labaume was well educated, and learned English, German, and Italian. He obtained employment at the
The first work he translated was the novel The Effusions of Friendship and Fancy by
He worked for several newspapers, including the Mercure de France, the Décade philosophique, and the Magasin encyclopédique: volume 3, 7th ann., t. I, (p. 203). The last of these collections provides a notice on les Femmes auteurs de la Grande-Bretagne (Britain's Women Authors).
In addition, he left two comedies and some light poetry: Galatée, in one act and in verse, and Agathis in prose and in verse; la Messe de Gnide,[5] by G. Nobody, Geneva, 1797; The Life of Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe (the beginning of the Panckoucke edition, 1799, 3 volumes).
References
- ^ Moser, Friedrich Carl von (1713-1798) Auteur du texte (1 January 1787). "Daniel , ouvrage traduit de l'allemand de Ch. Fréd. de Moser sur la 3e édition". Retrieved 10 January 2017 – via gallica.bnf.fr.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Wieland, Christoph Martin (1 January 1802). "Les Abdérites, suivis de La salamandre et la statue, par Wieland; traduits par A.-G. Labaume... Tome 3". Retrieved 10 January 2017 – via gallica.bnf.fr.
- ^ "Recherches asiatiques, ou Mémoires de la Société établie au Bengale pour faire des recherches sur l'histoire et les antiquités, les arts, les sciences et la littérature de l'Asie". Périodique - Ressources de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. bnf.fr. 1805. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ Bage, Robert (1728-1801) Auteur du texte (1 January 1810). "Anna Bella, ou Les dunes de Barham. Tome 1, traduit de l'anglais de Mackensie". Retrieved 10 January 2017 – via gallica.bnf.fr.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Labaume, Antoine-Gilbert Griffet de (1756-1805) Auteur du texte (1 January 1795). La Messe de Gnide. Retrieved 10 January 2017 – via gallica.bnf.fr.
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Sources
- Antoine-Vincent Arnault, Biographie nouvelle des contemporains, vol. 2, Paris, Ledentu, (pp. 212–213).
- Georges Touchard-Lafosse, La Loire historique, pittoresque et biographique, Paris, Adolphe Delahays, 1858, (p. 374).
External links
- Antoine Gilbert Griffet de Labaume on Data.bnf.fr
- La Messe de Gnide, poem (1793).
- Antoine Gilbert Griffet de Labaume on Dictionnaire des journalistes