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Jean-Paul-André des Razins, marquis de Saint-Marc, (29 November 1728 – 11 September 1818) was an 18th-century French playwright and librettist.

Jean-Paul-André des Razins
Born	29 November 1728 château des Razins in Saint-Selve
Died	11 September 1818(1818-09-11) (aged 89) Bordeaux
Occupation	Playwright Librettist

A former officer of the Gardes françaises, Saint-Marc wrote the libretto for Adèle de Ponthieu,[1] 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,[2] the marquis de Saint-Marc improvised this quatrain which made him famous:

Voltaire, reçois la couronne Que l’on vient de te présenter; II est beau de la mériter, Quand c’est la France qui la donne!

Voltaire, receive the crown That one just presented to you; It is beautiful to deserve it, When it is France who gives it!

Saint-Marc was a member of the Académie de Bordeaux [fr]. The mansion in the city where he lived and died was registered as Monument historique 23 July 1921.[3]

Sources

• Actes de l’Académie nationale des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Bordeaux, Paris, E. Dentu, 1880, p. 39.

References

External links

• Adèle de Ponthieu on Gallica
• Jean-Paul-André de Razins Saint-Marc on data.bnf.fr [fr]
• Jean-Paul-André de Razins Saint-Marc on data.bnf.fr [fr]
• His plays and their presentations on CÉSAR

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