Ange-François Fariau was a French poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 and translator

Translation

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Fariau was born in Blois

Blois

Blois is the capital of Loir-et-Cher department in central France, situated on the banks of the lower river Loire between Orléans and Tours.-History:...

, the son of an advisor to the king. He studied in the Jesuit college of Blois, and later at the Sainte-Barbe

Sainte-Barbe

-In France:* Sainte-Barbe, Moselle, in the Moselle département* Sainte-Barbe, Vosges, in the Vosges département* Sainte-Barbe-sur-Gaillon, in the Eure département...

 college in Paris. A protégé of Turgot

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune , often referred to as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Turgot was a student of Francois Quesnay and as such belonged to the Physiocratic school of economic thought...

, he went on to be a teacher

Teacher

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 in the Paris

Paris

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ian school of rue Saint-Antoine, teaching grammar

Grammar

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 and later belles-lettres

Belles-lettres

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. He became well known for his translations of Ovid

Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso , known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria...

's works, especially Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses (poem)

Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem in fifteen books by the Roman poet Ovid describing the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework. Completed in AD 8, it is recognized as a masterpiece of Golden Age Latin literature...

. Fariau also penned his own odes and poems. In 1810 he was elected to l'Académie française

Académie française

L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...

, but died in Paris

Paris

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three months later after a fall.