Catherine Bernard was a French poet, novelist, and playwright born into a Huguenot family. She was the first woman to compose a tragedy performed at the Comédie-Française, between 1687 and 1700. During that same period, she won the poetry prize of the Académie des Jeux Florals de Toulouse three times.
- Occupation
- poet, playwright, writer, novelist
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Born
- 1662, 1663, August 24, 1663
