baron de Hilaire Bernard de Requeleyne Longepierre

Born in Dijon on October 18, 1659, Hilaire-Bernard de Requeleyne, baron de Longepierre, became known in Paris literary circles as a playwright and man of letters. He lived during the age of Louis XIV and is generally described as a French dramatist whose work belongs to the transition between the 17th and 18th centuries.

Longepierre is especially associated with tragedies inspired by the ancient world, including Médée. He developed a reputation for learned, classical writing, and his name is often linked with a taste for Greek models and formal dramatic style.

He died in Paris in 1721. While he is less widely read today than some of his contemporaries, his work remains part of the story of French classical theater and the long afterlife of tragedy on the European stage.