Gabriel-Marie Legouvé

Gabriel-Marie Legouvé

Gabriel-Marie Legouvé
Born Gabriel Marie Jean Baptiste Legouvé
23 June 1764
Paris
Died 30 August 1812(1812-08-30) (aged 48)
Paris
Occupation Playwright
Poet

Gabriel Marie Jean Baptiste Legouvé (23 June 1764 – 30 August 1812) was an 18th–19th-century French poet and playwright.

Legouvé was born and died in Paris, and was the seventh member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1803.

Legouvé was the father of Ernest Legouvé (1807–1903), later a member of the Académie française, and son of Jean-Baptiste Legouvé (1729–1783) who wrote the pastoral La Mort d'Abel (1793) and a tragedy Epicharis et Nerón.

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