Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
May 10, 1760 –June 26, 1836
Composer, Poet, Writer, Playwright, Engineer, Military personnel
Lived 76 years
- Born in
- Lons-le-Saunier
- Passed away in
- Choisy-le-Roi
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (French: [klod ʒozɛf ʁuʒɛ d(ə) lil]; 10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836) was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lisle is known for writing La Marseillaise and it became the French national anthem.
Notable works: Worker's Marseillaise, Le Chant des Girondins, La Marseillaise, La marseillaise de la Commune Awards: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Joseph_Rouget_de_Lisle