Vincent Voiture
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 377 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 24,1597 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Amiens |
| France | |
| Date of died | May 26,1648 |
| Died | Paris |
| France | |
| Job | Poet |
| Books | Lettres de V. Voiture - Scholar's Choice Edition |
| Familiar Letters of Love, Gallantry, and Several Other Occasions: By the Wits of the Last and Present Age. . . . From Their Originals. With Their Effiges [sic] Curiously Engraved . . . In Two Volumes | |
| The History of Alcidalis and Zelida. A Tale of the Fourteenth Century | |
| Education | University of Paris |
| Collège de Boncourt | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1174732 |
Vincent Voiture Life story
Vincent Voiture, French Mannerist and Baroque Précieuses poet and writer of prose, was the son of a rich wine merchant of Amiens. He was introduced by a schoolfellow, the count Claude d'Avaux, to Gaston, Duke of Orléans, and accompanied him to Brussels and Lorraine on diplomatic missions.