Antoine de Laurès (30 November 1708, in Gignac, Hérault – 12 January 1779, in Paris) was an 18th-century French poet and playwright from Languedoc. He was a writer, translator into French of Pharsalia by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), and author of La fête de Cythère, a one-act opera created on 19 November 1753 at the Château de Berny. He lived in the Château de Gignac. He authored poems, theatre plays, operas and tragedies ; he left a correspondence with Voltaire.
Antoine de Laurès (30 November 1708, in Gignac, Hérault – 12 January 1779, in Paris) was an 18th-century French poet and playwright from Languedoc. He was a writer, translator into French of Pharsalia by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), and author of La fête de Cythère, a one-act opera created on 19 November 1753 at the Château de Berny. He lived in the Château de Gignac. He authored poems, theatre plays, operas and tragedies ; he left a correspondence with Voltaire. (en) Antoine de Laurès est un poète et auteur dramatique languedocien du XVIIIe siècle. (fr)
Antoine de Laurès (30 November 1708, in Gignac, Hérault – 12 January 1779, in Paris) was an 18th-century French poet and playwright from Languedoc. He was a writer, translator into French of Pharsalia by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), and author of La fête de Cythère, a one-act opera created on 19 November 1753 at the Château de Berny. He lived in the Château de Gignac. He authored poems, theatre plays, operas and tragedies ; he left a correspondence with Voltaire. (en) Antoine de Laurès est un poète et auteur dramatique languedocien du XVIIIe siècle. (fr)
