Francois Edouard Joachim Coppee (26 January 1842 - 23 May 1908) was a French poet and novelist. His first printed verses date from 1864. In 1869, his Poeme modernes (among others La Greve de forgerons) were quite successful. In the same year, Coppee’s first play, Le Passant, starring Sarah Bernhardt and Madame Agar, was received with approval at the Odeon theatre, and later Fais ce que dois (1871) and Les Bijoux de la delivrance (1872), short poetic dramas inspired by the Franco-Prussian War, were applauded. After holding a post in the library of the senate, Coppee was chosen in 1878 as archivist of the Comedie Francaise, an office he held till 1884.