Jean de La Chapelle
Encyclopedia
Jean de La Chapelle was a French writer and dramatist.
Chapelle was born at Bourges
, France
. He was elected to the Académie Française
in 1688. He died in Paris
.
Chapelle was born at Bourges
Bourges
Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. He was elected to the Académie Française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1688. He died in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Works
- Cléopâtre (1681)
- Zaïde (1681)
- Téléphonte (1682)
- Ajax (1684)
- Isaac, muzika tragedio (1717)
- Les Amours de Catulle (1680)
- Marie d'Anjou, reine de Majorque (1682)
- Les Amours de Tibulle (1722)