Jean-Antoine-Marie Monperlier, was a French poet, playwright, and librettist.
Background
Monperlier was born in Lyon.
Career
His plays ranged from light vaudeville to larger scale melodramas, often incorporating ballet sequences. His play Les chevaliers de Malte formed the basis for Giacomo Meyerbeer"s 1824 opera Il crociato in Egitto. He died in Paris, aged 30.