Cyrille Rigaud
French librarian and poet
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| Intro | French librarian and poet | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Writer Librarian Poet Playwright Lyricist Songwriter | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature Music | |
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| Birth | 28 January 1750, Montpellier | |
| Death | 29 January 1824Montpellier (aged 74 years) |
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Biography
Jean-Cyrille Rigaud (28 January 1750 – 29 January 1824) was a French poet from Occitania.
Rigaud was born in Montpellier. Raised by his father, who was a librarian, he studied in Geneva. In his youth, he won a prize awarded by the Académie des Jeux floraux.
Publications
- Éloge de Roucher, Montpellier, 1807, in-8°.
- Épître à MM. les étudiants en médecine de la Faculté de Montpellier, Montpellier, de l’impr. de J. Martel le jeune, 1823, in-8°
- Pouesias patouesas, Mounpeïé, Renaud, 1806, in-18.
- Poésies diverses, with Auguste Rigaud, Montpellier, de l’impr. de C.-J. Tournel, 1821, in-12 de 138 (contains fables, several speeches, including the Éloge de Roucher, read at the Académie de Montpellier in 1813, and inserted in the collection of that Société.)
- Pouésias patouèsas de Cyrilla Rigaud émbé edouquas péças d’Augusta Rigaud et dé différens doutvrs, Mounpéïé, Renaud, 1821, in-12.
Translations
- Mémoire pour servir à l’histoire de quelques insectes, connus sous les noms de termites, ou fourmis blanches : et accompagné de figures gravées en taille-douce by Henry Smeathman, Paris, De La Rochelle, 1786.