Arnaud Berquin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arnaud Berquin

French children's author

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1749

Place of Birth: Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1791

Profession: writer, playwright, pedagogue, children's writer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Arnaud Berquin (September 1747 in Bordeaux – 21 December 1791) was a French children's author. His most famous work was L'Ami des Enfans (1782-3) which was first translated into English, albeit bowdlerised, by Mary Stockdale and published in London in 1783-4 by Mary's father John Stockdale.The work remained popular until the middle of the nineteenth century.
Berquin's stories consisted of events that might happen to children in their everyday lives—they did not contain fairy tales or other imaginative literature.
His books envision childhood reading as a familial exercise; for example, some of his "stories" are actually plays with parts for every member of the family.
Berquin's books helped solidify the creation of the nuclear family, for "if Berquin's work has a theme, it is that parents and children live in a perfect symbiosis, the parents looking after their children's interests and the children, if behaving properly, filling their parents with joy."



Description	French writer, playwright, children's writer and pedagogue
Date of birth/death	25 September 1749	21 December 1791
Location of birth/death	Bordeaux	Paris
Authority control	: Q350566 VIAF: 100160188 ISNI: 0000 0001 2145 0471 LCCN: n50007714 NLA: 35776344 Open Library: OL6872106A WorldCat