In the history of letters, Charles Rivière Dufresny is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Charles Rivière Dufresny as French writer.
Charles Rivière Dufresny was born at Paris in 1648. His recorded nationality is France.
This was a period of expanding print and contested censorship, when writing became a public act with consequences.
He worked as poet, playwright and journalist.
The writing is recorded in French.
A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
That the work was written from France matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Charles Rivière Dufresny died in 1724, aged 76. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
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