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French playwright, diplomat and polymath (1732–1799)

Also known as: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais, Pierre Beaumarchais, Pierre de Beaumarchais, Пьер Огюстен Бомарше, بيير أوجستن كارون دي بومارشيه

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Known works

Le mariage de Figaro (1785)
Le barbier de Séville (1776)
Mariage de Figaro (1785)
Mémoire de Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais; en réponse au libelle diffamatoire, signé Guillaume Kornman
Court me moire en attendant l'autre, par M. Caron de Beaumarchais, sur la plainte en diffamation qu'il vient de rendre d'un nouveau libelle contre lui