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Jean Desmarets
Jean Desmarets, Sieur de Saint-Sorlin (1595 – 28 October 1676) was a French writer and dramatist. He was a founding member, and the first to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1634.
Biography.
Born in Paris, Desmarets was introduced to Cardinal Richelieu, and became one of the band of writers who carried out the cardinal's literary ideas when he was about thirty years old. His inclination, however, was to writing novels, and the success of his romance
Desmarets devoted himself chiefly to producing a number of religious poems, of which the best known is perhaps his verse translation of the "Office de la Vierge" (1645). He was an outspoken opponent of the Jansenists, against whom he wrote a "Réponse à l'insolente apologie de Port-Royal" (1666). He died in Paris on 28 October 1676.
See also.
- "Guirlande de Julie"
References.
- Jean-Claude Vuillemin, "Jean Desmarets de Saint Sorlin,"