How to Pronounce Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Grainville
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Mar 15, 1760 Lisieux, Normandy, France Died on 13 Dec 1805 (aged 45)
French journalist, poet and librettist
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About Jean Baptiste Christophe Grainville
- Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Grainville (15 March 1760 in Lisieux – 13 December 1805 id.) was an 18th-century French poet. Grainville was a lawyer at the Parlement de Rouen, but fatigue caused by the profession determined him to practised for a brief period only.
- He retired to his hometown and dedicated himself to literary works and the pleasure of hunting for which he had a passionate taste.
- He made himself known in literature.
- He contributed many articles to the Journal encyclopédique, the Magasin encyclopédique, Le Mercure de France, the Journal littéraire by François Clément, and the Courrier des Spectacles. He was a member of the académies of Caen, Rouen, Bordeaux, and Accademia degli Arcadi.
- He died of a chest illness.
