| LC control no. | n 90698238 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Laya, J. L. (Jean Louis), 1761-1833 |
| Variant(s) | Laya, Jean Louis, 1761-1833 |
| Biography/History note | Jean-Louis Laya (1761-1833) was a French playwright. His most well known play, Ami des lois, was a protest against the French revolution. He went into hiding during the revolution. |
| Birth date | 1761-12-04 |
| Death date | 1833-08-25 |
| Place of birth | Paris (France) |
| Place of death | Meudon (France) |
| Profession or occupation | Dramatists |
| Found in | nuc90-50782: Du Croisi, O.S. Lettre ... M. J.L. Laya [MI] 1791 (hdg. on GmC rept.: Laya, Jean Louis, 1761-1833) LC data base, 09-27-90 (hdg.: Laya, Jean Louis, 1761-1833; no usage given) Falkland, 1821: title page (play by M. Laya) Wikipedia, 27 December 2016 (Jean-Louis Laya; Jean-Louis Laya (4 December 1761, Paris-25 August 1833, Meudon) was a French playwright; it is by his Ami des lois (1793) that Laya is best remembered; ten days after its first production the piece was prohibited by the Commune; Laya went into hiding, and several persons convicted of having a copy of the play in their possession were guillotined; at the end of the Terror Laya returned to Paris; in 1813 he replaced Delille in the Paris chair of literary history and French poetry; he was admitted to the Académie française in 1817; his son, Léon, was also a playwright) |
| Associated language | fre |
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