Étienne Aignan (April 9, 1773 - June 21, 1824) was a French translator, political writer, librettist and playwright born in Beaugency-sur-Loire. April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language—the source text—and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language—the target text, also called the translation. ... Libretto can also refer to a sub-notebook PC manufactured by Toshiba. ... A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ...

In 1814 he was made a member of the Académie française, replacing Bernardin de Saint-Pierre in Seat 27. 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Académie française, or French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ... Jacques-Henri Bernardin Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814) was a French writer and botanist. ...

Among his works are:

• a verse translation of the Iliad,
• translations of Pope, Goldsmith, and Elisa Hervey,
• the play La mort de Louis XVI: tragédie en trois actes (Paris 1793) covering the trial and execution of King Louis XVI,
• librettos for the operas Maria Seski (1799), Nephtali, ou les Ammonites by Blangini (Ballard, Paris 1806), and the Arthurian Arthus de Bretagne,
• The Condition of the Protestants in France (1818) and
• Histoire du jury (A. Eymery, Paris 1822).

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References

• Académie française Étienne Aignan page (http://www.academie-francaise.fr/immortels/base/academiciens/fiche.asp?param=325) (in French)
• University of Maryland copy of La mort de Louis XVI: ... (http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/Exhibits/ThirdEstate/Louis.html) [1]  (http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/Exhibits/ThirdEstate/lamort.html)
• Arthurian operas (http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/acpbibs/reel.htm)
• Château d'Oron library search (http://dbserv1-bcu.unil.ch/oron/oronrech.php?Arg=Etienne+Aignan) (in French)
• Dates  (http://chronobio.asurtech.com/structure.php3?rub=3&id=8683) (in French)