Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny


Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny was a French playwright, poet, journalist and writer.

Biography

He studied at Dijon, then moved to Paris to study law. An employee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he became a lawyer after the upheaval of the Imperial Government. An editor in several newspapers, he made his debut at the Théâtre-Français in 1819 with a three-act in verses comedy, L’École des Exagérés.
A managing director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon, his plays were performed on the most significant Parisian stages of his time: Odéon, Comédie-Française, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.
He was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur 4 March 1831.

Works