Charles Palissot de Montenoy

Charles Palissot de Montenoy (3 January 1730 – 15 June 1814) was an 18th-century French playwright, admirer and disciple of Voltaire and Antoine de Rivarol.

Paradoxically, he was often denounced as a Counter-Enlightenment opponent to the parti philosophique, especially for his criticism of Diderot and the Encyclopédistes.

He is the author of the comedy, Les Philosophes, which was a huge success and caused a scandal in 1760.

Palissot's works were collected in three more or less complete editions: one published in Liege in 1777 at Plomteux, 6 vol.

The chronological list below provides links to the Gallica basis of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France when the book is available in this database: