Alaffre, Benjamin
(*1803)> PROFESSOR
Alaffre, Benjamin (1803, Paulhan; ?) was a professor on the faculty of the lycée at Toulouse and the author of two French grammar books published in 1839 and 1854 that continued to enjoy reprintings for nearly 40 years. He composed a tribute to Dante for the Jeux Floraux held in the city where he taught. Ricordi entrusted him with the task of translating Giuseppe Verdi ’s Luisa Miller into French without any apparent hesitation, but Verdi had not been consulted, and he was dismayed to learn of…