Louis-Simon Auger

Louis -Simon Auger ( born December 29, 1772 in Paris, † January 2, 1829 ) was a French editor, biographer, Vaudeville poet, journalist and literary historian.

Auger was employed until 1812 in the Ministry of the Interior. In 1816 he was at the request of King Louis XVIII. chosen as the successor to the exiled Lucien Bonaparte to the Académie française ( fauteuil 32). Four years later he was appointed the king to censor; which drew upon him the most violent attacks on the part of the liberal press. From 1826 worked Auger as permanent secretary of the Academy.

On January 2, 1829 Auger began suicide in the Seine.

Reception

Augers first works were plays; mostly vaudeville. From 1804 Auger worked mainly as an employee of the magazines " DECADE Philosophique " and " Journal de l'Empire "; later in the "Journal général de France ". His greatest literary successes but he scored as editor, biographer and commentator of many French writers; e.g. Molière.

Special mention deserve nor his award-winning praises of Nicolas Boileau - Despréaux and Pierre Corneille and the biographies of " universal biography" in the included Moliere, Francois Rabelais, and Voltaire.

Works (selection)

• Mélanges philosophiques et littéraires. Paris 1828 ( 2 vols ).