Alexis Piron
Alexis Piron (* July 9, 1689 in Dijon, † January 21, 1773 in Paris) was a French lawyer and writer.
Life
Piron was the son of a pharmacist and Burgundian dialect poet. According to family decision Piron should study theology, but he sat by and took law at the University of Besançon. He then practiced law in this city. But by about 1718, he lost office and dignity because of " a obscene poem "; his Ode à Priape .
From the following year, he lived and worked in Paris. There he made friends with Denis Diderot and Alain Lesage, who he met at the Cafe Procope. Even with Prosper Jolyot Crébillon, who also came from Dijon, he made acquaintance. This encouraged and supported him while writing. By Crébillon he got the opportunity to write for the Comédie Française. From the beginning, respected and praised Voltaire Piron literary work. In 1723 a collaboration between Alexis Piron and the then little-known composer Jean -Philippe Rameau began. That has composed incidental music for four of Piron comedies, beginning with L' Endriague. However, none of these compositions have been preserved.
Piron 1750 ran for the Académie française, but his candidacy drew back. In addition to poetry and comedy mainly epigrams dominate his work. The influential literary critic Pierre François Guyot Desfontaines sent Piron in the same year, 50 days daily not very flattering epigram. Against an employee of Desfontaines Élie Catherine Fréron he wrote La Fréronade. But even against Jean -François de La Harpe, Jean- François Marmontel or against Voltaire Piron wrote extremely snappy sentences.
The greatest success achieved Piron with Le métro mania ( the poetic family). The Verskomödie was premiered on 10 January 1738. As a hero to Piron himself had shown. Voltaire refers to this work as best comedy by Molière and created for this addiction the term " Pironmanie ".
The date of marriage Piron with Mademoiselle le bar, a maid of Madame de Mimeure is not known; However, the year of death of the wife is 1751st
Piron 1753 ran again for a seat in the Academy, but the veto of Louis XV. prevented his receiving final. The church had remembered the priapic Ode and made their influence felt. As compensation Piron received from Madame de Pompadour a pension over 1000 livres.
In his late work Piron turned more and more to the religious poetry. Alexis Piron became blind in his last years and died at the age of 84 years.
Works
- Ode à Priape (1718 )
- Arlequin - Deucalion (1722)
- Le Caprice ( 1724) Comic Opera in one act
- Calliste ( 1730)
- L' école des pères (1728)
- Fernand Cortez où Montezume (1744)
- La Fréronade (1750 )
- Gustave Wasa ( 1733) tragedy
- La metro mania ( 1738)