Antoine Le Bailly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antoine Le Bailly

French poet

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1756

Place of Birth: Caen, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1832

Profession: poet, playwright

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Antoine-François Le Bailly (or Lebailly), (1 April 1756, Caen – 13 January 1832, Paris) was a French librettist and fabulist. Antoine Le Bailly authored some operas, but is mostly known for his fables. A first collection was published under the title Fables nouvelles, suivies de poésies fugitives (Paris, 1784, in-12 ; a second one under that of Fables nouvelles (Ibid., 1814, in-12).
In a third edition (1823, in-8°), Le Bailly replaced the verse of the epilogue in praise of Napoléon by verse in honor of the Bourbons. He also composed Corisandre, comédie-opéra (Paris, 1792, in-4°) ; Diane et Endymion, opera (Ibid., 1814, in-12) ; le Procès d’Ésope avec les animaux, one-act comedy, in verse and in prose (Paris, 1812, in-12) ; le Gouvernement des animaux, poème ésopéen (Ibid., 1816, in-8°) ; Arion, ou le pouvoir de la musique (Ibid.
, 1817, in-8°) ; la Chute des Titans, ou le retour d’Astrée, cantata to mark the coronation of Charles X (Ibid., 1825, in-8°), etc.