Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez


Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez was a French author and playwright.

Biography

Madeleine-Angelique was born in Paris on 22 November 1684 to the actor Paul Poisson.
Madeleine-Angélique married a Spanish nobleman, Don Gabriel de Gomez, thinking he was rich. When she discovered her husband was burdened with debt, she turned to writing as a hope to escape poverty. Her first a tragedy, Habis, was released in 1714 to much critical appeal, being played at the Comédie-Française with a revival in 1732.
Between 1722 and 1772, Gomez published eight editions of Les Journées amusantes, with the work being translated into English by Eliza Haywood.
While most of her work was published under the name Madame de Gomez, some of her works have been published under the pseudonym M.P.V.D.G.
She died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 28 December 1770 at the age of 86.

Published works

Plays