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Name
  
Francois-Augustin Paradis

Role
  
Writer

Francois-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif
Died
  
November 19, 1770, Paris, France

Books
  
The Adventures of Zeloide and Amanzarifdine: By Augustin-Paradis de Moncrif. Translated with an Introduction by C. K. Scott Moncrief

Francois-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif (1687, Paris – 19 November 1770, Paris) was a French writer and poet, of a family originally of Scots origin. He was appointed royal historiographer to Louis XV of France. His parody of owlishly pedantic scholarship, Histoire des chats, and the protection of the house of Orleans gained him entry to the Academie francaise. Maurepas records in his memoirs that at the induction ceremony, a member let loose a cat he had secreted in his pocket: the cat miaowed, the Academiciens miaowed and the serious oration dissolved in laughter.

Works

  • Les Aventures de Zeloide et d'Amanzarifdine, contes indiens, 1715
  • La Fausse magie, prose comedy in 3 acts, Theatre-Italien, 1719
  • L'Oracle de Delphes, verse comedy in 3 acts, Comedie-Francaise, 1722; adapted from La Fontaine's Le Mari confesseur, it was interdicted at the fourth performance, its satire against paganism appearing to be applicable to the Christian religion.
  • Histoire des Chats : dissertation sur la preeminence des chats dans la societe, sur les autres animaux d'Egypte, sur les distinctions et privileges dont ils ont joui personnellement, 1727
  • Les Abderites, verse comedy in 1 act, 1732
  • L'Empire de l'Amour, ballet en vers libres, 1733
  • Essais sur la Necessite et sur les Moyens de Plaire, 1738
  • Les Ames rivales, novel 1738
  • Œuvres melees, 1743
  • Zelindor, roi des Sylphes, ballet libretto, music by Francois Francœur and Francois Rebel, presented at Versailles 17 March 1745
  • Poesies chretiennes composees par ordre de la Reine, 1747
  • Almasis, ballet, 1748
  • Ismene, pastorale heroique, 1748
  • Observations pour servir a l'histoire des gens de lettres qui ont vecu dans ce siecle, 1751
  • La Sybille, ballet music by Antoine Dauvergne presented at Versailles, 13 November 1753
  • Enee et Lavinie (with Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle), lyric tragedy in 5 actst music by Antoine Dauvergne, presented at the Academie royale de musique, 14 February 1758
  • Les Fetes d'Euterpe (with Charles-Simon Favart), opera-ballet, music by Antoine Dauvergne, presented at the Academie royale de musique, 8 August 1758
  • Erosine, pastorale heroique, 1765

    • References

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