Étienne Jodelle
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French dramatist and poet
Key facts
- Born
- Étienne Jodelle, seigneur de Limodin , c. 1532 , Paris, Kingdom of France
- Died
- c. 20 September 1573 (aged 41), Ibidem
- Occupation
- Playwright poet
- Language
- Early Modern French
- Period
- Before 1553 – 1573
- Literary movement
- La Pléiade , French Renaissance
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Étienne
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Middle French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- Cléopâtre captive
- Student of
- Muretus
- Genre
- tragedy
- Movement
- La Pléiade
- Image
- Etienne Jodelle.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1532-01-01
- Commons category
- Étienne Jodelle
- date of death
- 1573-07-00
- member of
- La Pléiade
- name in native language
- Étienne Jodelle
- writing language
- French
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Encyclopedic overview
Étienne Jodelle, seigneur de Limodin ( French pronunciation: [etjɛn ʒɔdɛl]; 1532 – July 1573), French dramatist and poet, was born and died in Paris of a noble family. Member of La Pléiade, he will strive to revitalize the principles of ancient Greek and Roman theater during the Renaissance. He was the first to introduce the alexandrine into tragedy in his time, notably with Cléopâtre captive, the first tragédie à l'antique, as well as L'Eugène in comedy. He is recognized as a precursor of the theater which was born in the second half of the 16th century, a convulsive period by Wars of Religion which saw its uncertainties embodied in his work.
Biography
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