[FRANCE] Jean-Charles-Julien Luce Lancival (1764-1810) French poet and playwright born in French Saint-Gobain ( Picardie ), France. Luce Lancival was a brilliant student at Louis-le-Grand College and was appointed professor of rhetoric at the college of Navarre at age 22 ( 1786 ). The following year he left teaching and took orders. He became noted for his talents as a preacher. In the French Revolution, he broke his vows and turned to theater. To 1797 , he was in charge of the French literature during PrytanÈe former CollËge Louis-le-Grand . He remained a professor of rhetoric at the imperial school at the time of reorganization of the University. He was then called to the chair of Latin poetry at the Sorbonne . In 1805 , he wrote his poem in six cantos Achilles in Skyros, his best known work. In the theater, Luce Lancival won his greatest success shortly before his death, with his tragedy 'of Hector , shown in 1809 at the ComÈdie-French . On a subject taken from the Iliad , the piece caused a sensation by nature judged by the very contemporary faithful to the spirit of ancient Greece. Napoleon rewarded the author assigning him a pension of 6,000 French francs. His love of life, pushed to debauchery, was famous in his time. He must have lost a leg, probably because of diabetes, and carry a wooden leg. Despite this disability and poor health, he gave himself with great dedication to the teaching of literature and was an outstanding teacher. Rare ALS, 1808, 1p, approx. 4.5 x 7.5".

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