Nicolas Chamfort

Also known as Nicolas de Chamfort, Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort, Chamfort

French journalist and moralistic author

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Nicolas Chamfort, born Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort in 1740, was a French journalist, poet, writer, and playwright. A member of the Académie Française, he wrote in French and worked in the fields of philosophy, drama, rhetoric, and ethics. His notable works include *La vengeance de l'amour, ou, Diane et Endimion*, *Éloge de J.B. Poquelin de Molière*, *Discours qui a remporté le prix a l'Académie de Marseille*, *Les fables*, and *Mustapha et Zéangir*.

Chamfort died by suicide in Paris on April 13, 1794. He is described in sources such as the *Svensk uppslagsbok*, the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition. His works are recognized in the Académie Française collection.

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Born: 1740?
Died: 1794
Works: 147

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La vengeance de l'amour, ou, Diane et Endimion
Éloge de J.B. Poquelin de Molière
Discours qui a remporté le prix a l'Académie de Marseille
Les fables
Mustapha et Zéangir

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Biografia de Nicolas de Chamfort

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(Sébastien Roch Nicolas, llamado Nicolas de Chamfort; cerca de Clermont, 1740 - París, 1794) Escritor francés, autor de obras teatrales que se representaron en la corte y de un Discurso contra las academias (1791) que contribuyó a que éstas fueran suprimidas. Su obra maestra, las Máximas, pensamientos, caracteres y anécdotas (1795), le situó entre los más agudos moralistas franceses.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Nicolas
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Clermont-Ferrand
Place of death: Paris
Occupation: teacher
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Field of work: education
Image: Nicolas Chamfort.jpg

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Commons category: Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort
date of birth: 1740-04-06
date of death: 1794-04-13
member of: Académie Française
manner of death: Suicide
name in native language: Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort
Commons Creator page: Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort
writing language: French
described at URL: www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/sebastien-roch-nicolas-dit-chamfort?fauteuil=6&election=05-04-1781
birth name: Sébastien-Roch Nicolas

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Lettres De Mirabeau A Chamfort, Imprimees Sur Les Originaux Ecrits De La Main De Mirabeau : Et Suivies D'Une Traduction De La Dissertation Allemande [de M. de Merian] Sur Les Causes De L'Universalite De La Langue Francaise, qui a partage le Prix de l'Academie de Berlin; Traduction attribuee a Mirabeau et imprimee sur le Manuscrit corrige de sa main

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Sébastien-Roch Nicolas, known in his adult life as Nicolas Chamfort and as Sébastien Nicolas de Chamfort ( French: [ʃɑ̃fɔʁ]; 6 April 1741 – 13 April 1794), was a French writer, best known for his epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary to Louis XVI's sister Madame Élisabeth, and of the Jacobin club.

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