Ange-François Fariau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ange-François Fariau

French poet

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1747

Place of Birth: Blois, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1810

Profession: writer, poet, translator, journalist, linguist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Ange-François Fariau (French pronunciation: ?[?~? f??~swa fa?jo]; 13 October 1747 – 8 December 1810) was a French poet and translator. Fariau was born in Blois, the son of an advisor to the king.
He studied in the Jesuit college of Blois, and later at the Sainte-Barbe college in Paris.
A protégé of Turgot, he went on to be a teacher in the Parisian school of rue Saint-Antoine, teaching grammar and later belles-lettres.
He became well known for his translations of Ovid's works, especially Metamorphoses.
Fariau also penned his own odes and poems.
In 1810 he was elected to l'Académie française, but died in Paris three months later after a fall.