Parents Pierre-François de Wailly Libretti Benvenuto Cellini | Grandparent Noël François de Wailly | |
Full Name Armand François Léon de Wailly Born 28 July 1804 Paris Occupation Novelist, playwright, translator Died 25 April 1864, Paris, France People also search for Hector Berlioz, Henri Auguste Barbier, Pierre-François de Wailly | ||
Armand François Léon de Wailly (28 July 1804 – 25 April 1864) was a 19th-century French novelist, playwright, adaptator and translator.
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Biography
Born into a family of writers and academics, graduated from the École des chartes, Léon de Wailly became a close friend of Alfred de Vigny and worked as private secretary for Sosthène de La Rochefoucauld. He became known for his numerous translations of English writers (poetry) and his collaboration with P. J. Stahl in the adaptation of British classics (including William Shakespeare). Gustave de Wailly was his brother.
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Translations
He translated works from Matthew Gregory Lewis (The Monk), Jonathan Swift, Shakespeare, Henry Fielding (The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling), Robert Burns (Poésies complètes), Laurence Sterne (The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman) and also Fanny Burney (Evelina).