Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont

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Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont
Born27 February 1781
Died16 July 1840(1840-07-16) (aged 59)
OccupationNovelist, dramatist

Michel-Nicolas Balisson, baron de Rougemont (27 February 1781 - 16 July 1840), was a French journalist, novelist and dramatist.

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Biography

His family comes from Sourdeval, in Normandy. He invented the mot de Cambronne . [1]

Theatre

Rougemont has authored numerous plays, alone or in collaboration. the most importants are :

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References

  1. Jacques Logie, Waterloo: l'évitable défaite, Duculot, 1984, p. 144