Abbé_de_La_Marre

Abbé de La Marre

Abbé de La Marre

French choreographer and librettist

The abbé de La Marre (or La Mare) (Quimper, 1708 – Bavaria, 1742) was an 18th-century French homme de lettres.[1] Voltaire was interested in him and gave him some literary works to do. He was a member of the Société du bout du banc hosted by Mlle Quinault.

Works

Bibliography

  • Cardinal Georges Grente (dir.), Dictionnaire des lettres françaises. Le XVIIIe siècle, nlle. édition revue et mise à jour sous la direction de François Moureau, Paris, Fayard, 1995.

References

  1. [1]
    Antoine de Léris says he committed suicide in 1746 at Cheb in Bohemia (Dictionnaire des théâtres, 1763, p. 608).
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