10 November 2016

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise (continued): #41: Étienne Aignan

Étienne Aignan(1773–1824) was a translator (Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield into French being one example) and a writer of dramatic tragedies. He entered the Académie française in 1814, succeeding Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.

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