Charles Brifaut

Charles Brifaut , born the February 15th 1781 with Dijon and died in 1857 with Paris, is a poet, publicity agent and dramatic author French.

Liberal royalist journalist, he is writer with the Gazette of France and attends the living room of Mrs Vigée-Lebrun. He is also critic: it is him which is charged by the Minister of Interior Department controlling Hernani and with informing Victor Hugo that Marion Delorme is stopped; the part will be played only two years later. Pensioned by Charles X, he is elected member of the French Academy in 1826.

He would have been associated with the drafting memories of the actress Lola Montès, who was one of the amantes of Alexandre Dumas ( Aventures of the famous dancer told by itself , 1847).

Works

Rosamonde, poem in three songs, follow-up of various poetries (1813)
Ninus II, tragedy in 5 acts , Paris, Th3e4atre Fran1cais, April 19th, 1813.
Olimpie, lyric tragedy in 3 acts, imitated Voltaire, music of Gaspare Spontini , Paris, royal Academy of music, December 20th, 1819; Theater of the Opera-Montansier, December 28th, 1819.
Charles de Navarre, tragedy in 5 acts , Paris, Odéon-Theater of Europe, March 1st, 1820. Iconography in line (costumes): * Dialogs, tales and other poetries (1824)
Right of life and death, poëme (1829)
Disguises, or a Madness of great men, comedy in 1 act and worms (1829)
Transitory the (1850)
Works (6 vol.) (1858)
Accounts of an old godfather to his young godson (1899)
Memories of an academician on the Revolution, the first Empire and the Restoration, with introduction and notes of the doctor Huts and followed correspondence of the author (1920-21)

External bond

Biographical note of the French Academy

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