Antoine Houdar de la Motte
 Antoine Houdar de la Motte (18 January 1672 – 26 December 1731) was a French author.De la Motte was born and died in Paris. In 1693 his comedy Les Originaux (Les originaux ou l'Italien) was a complete failure and so depressed the author that he contemplated joining the Trappists. Four years later he began writing texts for operas and ballets e.g. L'Europe galante (1697) and tragedies one of which Inès de Castro (1723) was an immense success at the Theâtre Français.