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Pierre-Joseph Bernard

French writer · France · On the map · Writers · Lived 1708 to 1775 · aged 67

Pierre-Joseph Bernard, called Gentil-Bernard by Voltaire for the measured grace of his discreetly erotic verses, was a French military man and salon poet with the reputation of a rake, the author of several libretti for Rameau.

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Mme de Pompadour arranged to have him appointed a royal librarian, at the château de Choisy, where she had a little pavilion built for him.

Country
France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1708 to 1775 · aged 67