Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 312 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 1,1636 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Paris |
| France | |
| Date of died | March 13,1711 |
| Died | Paris |
| France | |
| Parents | Gilles Boileau |
| Job | Poet |
| Author | |
| Critic | |
| Books | Satires |
| Le Lutrin: An Heroick Poem (1674) | |
| Satire | |
| Boileau, Nicolas - L'Art poétique | |
| Le Lutrin: An Heroick Poem, Written Originally in French, by Monsieur Boileau: Made English by N.O. | |
| The Art of Poetry, in Four Cantos. By Monsieur Boileau. The Second Edition, Revis'd and Compar'd With the Last Paris Edition | |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Lycée Saint-Louis |
| College of Sorbonne | |
| Collège de Beauvais | |
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| ID | 2577494 |
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux Life story
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, often known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and critic. He did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, in the same way that Blaise Pascal did to reform the prose. He was greatly influenced by Horace.
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