Pierre de Boissat (1603 in

Vienne, Isère Vienne (; frp, Vièna) is a town in southeastern France, located south of Lyon, at the confluence of the Gère and the Rhône. It is the fourth largest-commune in the Isère department, of which it is a subprefecture alongside La Tour-du- ...

– 28 March 1662) was a soldier, writer, poet and translator. Knight and Count Palatine, Boissat began his career in the military. He was one of the first members of the Académie française, and first to occupy the Academy's seat 31 in 1634. Boissat translated ''Les fables d'Esope Phrygien, illustrées de Discours moraux, philosophiques et politiques'', published in 1633 by his friend

Jean Baudoin Jean Baudoin (1662–1698) was a French Sulpician priest who served as a missionary in Acadia, and later as a chaplain during military expeditions carried on by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. Life Jean Baudoin studied at the College of Nantes with ...

, used by Jean de La Fontaine. He is also attributed with ''Une Morale chrétienne'' and ''Une Histoire négropontique''. His home, l'hôtel Pierre de Boissat, on rue des Orfèvres in Vienne, département Isère (France) exists today as an historic monument.

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* 1603 births 1662 deaths Writers from Vienne, Isère French soldiers 17th-century French writers 17th-century French male writers French translators Members of the Académie Française French male non-fiction writers 17th-century French translators {{France-translator-stub