Michel de Cubières
French writer (1752-1820)
Michel, chevalier de Cubières (27 September 1752 – 23 August 1820) was an 18th-century French writer, known under the pen-names of Palmézaux and Dorat-Cubières, taking the latter name as he had Claude Joseph Dorat as his master.
He was born in Roquemaure, Gard, and was the brother of Louis Pierre de Cubières.
He wrote short verses for the Almanachs and the Étrennes lyriques of the time, and a large number of plays and "écrits de circonstance". He backed the French Revolution, being made secretary to the Paris Commune and pronouncing an Elogy on Jean-Paul Marat.
He was a lover of Fanny de Beauharnais and collaborated, with Claude Joseph Dorat, on some of her writings. He died in Paris, aged 67.
Publications
Essays
1773: Lettre d'un solitaire de Chalcide à une dame romaine, suivie de pièces fugitives.
1780: Les Hochets de ma jeunesse.
1789: L'École des filles, histoire morale, Read online
1789: Les États-Généraux de Cythère, very free imitation from Italian of Count Algarotti, Read online
1811: Histoire des compagnes de Maria, ou Épisodes de la vie d'une jolie femme.
Literary critics
History of literature
1787: Lettre à M. le Mis de Ximenès, sur l'influence de Boileau en littérature Text online
1792: Poésies philosophiques et descriptives des auteurs qui se sont distingués dans le dix-huitième siècle, 3 vol.
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