Pierre Corneille
1606 – 1684 · aged 78
French tragedian (1606–1684)
- Born
- 6 Jun 1606 · Rouen
- Died
- 1 Oct 1684 · Paris
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- 6 Jun 1606BornBorn in Rouen
- 1647 – 1684RoleMember of the Académie française
- 1 Oct 1684DiedDied in Paris
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Biography
Pierre Corneille ( kor-NAY, French: [pjɛʁ kɔʁnɛj]; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage of Cardinal Richelieu, who was trying to promote classical tragedy along formal lines, but later quarrelled with him, especially over his best-known play, Le Cid, about the medieval Spanish warrior, which was denounced by the newly formed Académie française for breaching the unities. He continued to write well-received tragedies for nearly forty years.
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