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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (; 1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), 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.
Family and education.
Boileau was the fifteenth child of Gilles Boileau, a clerk in the "parlement". Two of his brothers attained some distinction: Gilles Boileau, the author
art of poetry from the standpoint of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Births.
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 9 – John Scott of Amwell (died 1783), English Quaker poet and friend of Samuel Johnson
- March 27 – Thomas Tyrwhitt (died 1786) English classical scholar and critic
- April 1 – Solomon Gessner (died 1788), Swiss painter and German-language poet
- June 21 – Motoori Norinaga 本居宣長 (died 1801),