Antoine Le Métel d'Ouville

Antoine Le Métel d’Ouville, (c. 1589 in Caen – 1655), was an 17th-century French engineer, geographer, poet and playwright.

The brother of François Le Métel de Boisrobert, d’Ouville had some comedies presented, less remarkable for their versification than by the plot, among others les Trahisons d’Abhiran, a tragicomedy successfully given in 1637.

He also authored les nouvelles amoureuses et exemplaires ; Aymer sans sçavoir qui, comedy ; La Coifeuse à la mode, comedy ; les Fausses Véritez, comedy ; les Morts vivants, tragicomedy ; l’Esprit folet, comedy ; la Fouyne de Séville, ou l’hameçon des bourses ; l’Absent chez soy ; l’Élite des contes ; les Contes aux heures perdues ou Le recueil de tous les bons mots, réparties, équivoques du sieur d’Ouville ; Jodelet astrologue, encouraged by Scarron's success.

Under his name we also have Tales (2 vol. in-12), partly drawn from Moyen de parvenir which was attibuted to his brother. He translated from Spanish to French.

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