French opera librettists

French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)

French composer and conductor (1803–1869)

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette or as Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella Gigi, which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the same name. Her short story collection The Tendrils of the Vine is also famous in France.

Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances

French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)

French dramatist and librettist (1791-1861)

French poet, novelist and dramatist (1849-1926)

French historian and writer, a member of the Encyclopediste movement (1723-1799)

French writer (1897–1990)

French poet and dramatist (1793-1843)

French novelist (1793–1871)

French opera librettist

French writer (1834–1908)

French poet and man of letters (1841–1909)

French dramatist (1625-1709)

French dramatist and opera librettist (1830–1897)

French writer and philosopher (1750-1803)

French Jesuit theologian and cardinal (1905–1974)

French writer, theatre administrator (1840-1913)

French poet, writer and librettist (1825–1901)

French writer (1710-1792)

French Symbolist poet and novelist (1855–1906)

French dramatist and librettist

French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist (1872–1927)

French author (1672–1731)

French Jewish dramatist and novelist (1811–1899)

French librettist (1821–1872)

French writer (1797–1866)

French poet and conteur (1837-1901)

French politician and writer (1763-1842)

German writer (1736-1809)

French writer (1776–1852)

French writer (1764-1846)

French librettist

French playwright and librettist (1828–1892)

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French writer (1877-1937)

French writer (1835–1898)

French writer born in Occitania

French dramatist and librettist (1810–1903)

French writer

French lawyer, playwright, librettist, and archivist at the Parisian Opéra (1828–1899)

French playwright (1870–1915)

thumb|Franc-Nohain Maurice Étienne Legrand, who published under the pseudonym Franc-Nohain (; 25 October 187218 October 1934), was a French librettist and poet. He is best known for his libretti for Maurice Ravel's opera ''L'heure espagnole'' and for numerous operettas by Claude Terrasse.

French writer

French actor and writer (1769-1829)

French writer (1831–1901)

French chansonnier, poet, librettist and playwright

Philippe François Pinel (), known as Dumanoir (; 31 July 1806 – 16 November 1865), was a French playwright and librettist.

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French historian, lawyer and politician (1762-1826)

French poet

French poet and librettist (1795–1885)

French poet and playwright (1850–1930)

French writer (1687–1770)

Playwright and opera librettist

French music theorist

French theatre director and librettist (1802–1884)

French playwright and critic

French theatre director (1832-1903)