Louise Levesque

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Louise Levesque
Engraving by Charles Devrits
Born	Louise Cavelier 23 November 1703 Rouen
Died	18 May 1745(1745-05-18) (aged 41) Paris
Occupation(s)	Playwright Poet Novelist

Louise Levesque, née Cavelier, (23 November 1703, Rouen – 18 May 1745, Paris) was an 18th-century French femme de lettres.

The daughter of a prosecutor at the parlement de Normandie, Louise Cavelier received a good education. At age 20, she married Levesque, a gendarme of the King whom she followed to Paris. Introduced to distinguished writers, these men of letters, of which she made her favorite company and who appreciated the scope of her mind, induced her to write. She therefore devoted her leisure reading and soon indulged herself to poetry. She tried her hand to most varied genres.