Henri-Joseph Dulaurens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French writer
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Place of Birth: Douai, Hauts-de-France, France
About Henri-Joseph Dulaurens
- Henri Joseph Du Laurens (sometimes Laurens or Dulaurens, original name Henri Joseph Laurent, 1719–1793 or 1797) was a French unfrocked trinitarian monk, satirical poet and novelist, born at Douai, the son of the regimental surgeon Jean Joseph Laurent and his wife Marie Josephe Menon.
- He was author of such libertine works as Le compère Matthieu, Imirce, ou la fille de la nature and L'Arrétin moderne.
- He may also have written Candide, Part II.
- He died at Mariembourg in the French First Republic, now in Belgium.
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