Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes
Encyclopedia
The Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes is a four volume (1806—1809) dictionary by Antoine Alexandre Barbier
listing pen name
s for French
and Latin
authors.
Antoine Alexandre Barbier
Antoine Alexandre Barbier was a French librarian and bibliographer.He was born in Coulommiers . He took priest's orders, from which, however, he was finally released by the pope in 1801...
listing pen name
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
s for French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
authors.