Jean-Paul-André Razins de Saint-Marc, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Paul-André Razins de Saint-Marc

French librettist and playwright

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1728

Place of Birth: Saint-Selve, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 11-Sep-1818

Profession: playwright, librettist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jean-Paul-André des Razins, marquis de Saint-Marc, (29 November 1728 – 11 September 1818) was an 18th-century French playwright and librettist. A former officer of the Gardes françaises, Saint-Marc wrote the libretto for Adèle de Ponthieu, a five-act tragedy set to music by Niccolò Piccinni.
He composed several opéra comique librettos and numerous pieces of fugitive poetry. In 1778, attending in Paris the famous presentation of Irène, after which the bust of Voltaire was crowned, the marquis de Saint-Marc improvised this quatrain which made him famous: Saint-Marc was a member of the Académie de Bordeaux.
The mansion in the city where he lived and died was registered as Monument historique 23 July 1921.