Antoine Rivarol

Japanese: リバロル（英語表記）Antoine Rivarol

1753‐1801
French writer. Born in the south of France, he studied at a seminary and then entered Parisian society. He called himself a count, and his cheerful and unrestrained personality has left him with many anecdotes. His brilliant writing style made him a great enemy in his "Les le études contemporains" (published anonymously in 1788, co-written with Chancenet), which ridiculed contemporary writers. After the French Revolution, he also took the side of the court and wrote letters against politicians, which led to him being pursued by revolutionary forces, and he traveled abroad several times before dying in Berlin. However, the work that has left his name in the history of literature and language is his "Discours sur l'université de la langue française" (1784), which won the Berlin Academy's essay prize.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1753‐1801
フランスの文筆家。南フランスに生まれ，神学校に学んだのちパリ社交界に入る。伯爵を自称し，その陽気で野放図な性格によって数々の逸話を残す。才気に富んだ筆致で同時代の文人を揶揄（やゆ）した《当代大家小鑑》(シャンスネとの共作，1788年匿名で刊行)は多くの敵を作った。またフランス革命後の宮廷側に立ち，政界人を相手どる文書をつづったが，そのため革命勢力に追われ，外国を転々としたのちベルリンで没した。だが彼の名を文学･語学史上にとどめた作といえば何よりもまず，ベルリン･アカデミーの懸賞論文に当選した《フランス語の世界性についてDiscours sur l’université de la langue française》(1784)であろう。

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