Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan

Jean Jacques Le Franc, Marquis de Pompignan ( born August 10, 1709 Montauban, † November 1, 1784 in Pompignan (Tarn -et -Garonne) ) was a French writer.

Lefranc de Pompignan was initially General lawyer, then the first president of the Upper Tax Court of his native city. He gave up his post to devote himself to literature. He moved to Paris, where he was admitted to the Académie française in 1759. After a fierce battle with the Encyclopaedists, particularly with Voltaire and d' Alembert, he retired to his estate, where he died in 1784.

He was the first who has the Aeschylus translated into French. His daughter was probably the women's rights activist Olympe de Gouges, that he is not recognized.

Works

• " Didon " ( Tragedy, 1734)
• " Poésies sacrées " (Paris 1751 )
• " Oeuvres Completes " (Paris 1784, 6 vols )
• " Choisies oeuvre " (Paris, 1822, 2 vols )