Charles Magnin
Charles Magnin (; born in Paris, 4 November 1793; died there,7  October 1862) was a French author.

Biography
He received a brilliant education, and in 1813 became assistant in the imperial library, and in 1832 one of the directors of that institution. His theatrical criticisms in Le Globe (1826-1830), his lectures at the Sorbonne (1834-1835) on the origin of the modern stage, and his various writings won for him the praise of Sainte-Beuve, and a seat in the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Magnin also wrote poetry and plays.

Works
His principal works are:
 Origines du théâtre moderne (1838)
 Causeries et méditations (2 vols., 1843)
 Théâtre de Hroswitha (1845, with text and translation)
 Histoire des marionettes (1852).

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1793 births
1862 deaths
French journalists
French theatre critics
19th-century French poets
19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French librarians
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Writers from Paris
19th-century French translators
19th-century French male writers
French male poets
French male non-fiction writers