Louis de Boissy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis de Boissy

French writer

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1694

Place of Birth: Vic-sur-Cère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1758

Profession: writer, poet, playwright

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Louis de Boissy (26 November 1694, Vic-sur-Cère – 19 April 1758, Paris) was an 18th-century French poet and playwright.
He was elected to seat 6 of the Académie française on 12 August 1754.
He wrote satires and several comedies, of which the best is Les Dehors trompeurs ou l'Homme du jour (The False Appearances, or the Man of the Moment), the great success of the 1740 season, with a cast including Quinault-Dufresne and Jeanne Quinault.
Boissy had the concession to print the Mercure de France.
His son was Louis Michel de Boissy.
The historian Louis Michel de Boissy was his son.