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René Perin (1 November 1774 – 9 May 1858) was a 19th-century French playwright, publisher, translator and novelist.

René Perin
Born	1 November 1774 Paris
Died	9 May 1858(1858-05-09) (aged 83) Paris
Occupation	Playwright, translator, novelist

Biography

A lawyer and sous-préfet of Montluçon during the Hundred Days, he resigned from his positions when the Bourbons returned to power. He used several pseudonyms such as René de Biborium-Chateauterne or René Biborium de Chateauterne as a writer. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Théâtre de la Gaîté, and the Théâtre des Variétés.

For thirty years he was a collaborator to the Moniteur, and he also wrote historical and geographical studies.

Works

Bibliography

• Joseph Fr. Michaud, Louis Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne, vol.32, 1843, p. 493
• Jean-Marie Thomasseau, Le mélodrame, P.U.F, 1984, p. 50

External links

• René Perin on Data.bnf.fr

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