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L.-B. (Louis-Benoît) Picard
1769–1828
A lively figure of post-Revolutionary French theater, this playwright, actor, and director built a career across the stage and the page. He was also elected to the Académie française, a sign of the literary standing he achieved in his lifetime.
2 Audiobooks
![Der Parasit, oder, die Kunst sein Glück zu machen Ein Lustspiel nach dem Franzoesischen [des Picard]](https://listenly.io/api/img/6638c89f972dc5c80ef79586/cover.jpg)
Der Parasit, oder, die Kunst sein Glück zu machen Ein Lustspiel nach dem Franzoesischen [des Picard]
by Friedrich Schiller, L.-B. (Louis-Benoît) Picard
Liukas-kielinen: Komedia viidessä näytöksessä
by Friedrich Schiller, L.-B. (Louis-Benoît) Picard
About the author
Born in Paris in 1769, Louis-Benoît Picard chose literature and the theater instead of the legal or medical careers expected in his family. He became known as a prolific French playwright, and he also worked as an actor, novelist, poet, and theater director.
His career unfolded during a period of major change in France, and he was active in several Paris theaters, including the Odéon and the Opéra. Contemporary and later reference sources describe him as both a man of letters and a practical theater professional, someone deeply involved in how plays were written, performed, and managed.
Picard was elected to the Académie française, confirming his place in French literary life. He died in Paris in 1828, but his name remains tied to the bustling theatrical culture of early 19th-century France.