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Also known as Honoré d’Urfé

French writer (1568-1625)

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Honoré d'Urfé was a French poet, novelist, playwright, and writer. Born in Marseille on February 11, 1568, he was a male citizen of France who wrote in French. His birth name was Anne Claude Jacques Christophe Honoré d'Urfé. He is noted for his work *L'Astrée*.

D'Urfé died in Villefranche-sur-Mer on June 1, 1625. He is described in sources including the *Nordisk familjebok*, the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition. Various databases list different counts of his works, ranging from one to thirty-one.

Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • L 'Astre e

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1568
Active to
1625

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7
Total plays
16

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Honor%C3%A9+d%27Urf%C3%A9">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Honoré d'Urfé

Key facts

Born
11 February 1568, Marseille , France
Died
1 June 1625 (1625-06-01) (aged 57), Villefranche-sur-Mer , France
Occupation
Writer
Period
16th century
Genre
Pastoral
Literary movement
Précieuses
Notable works
L'Astrée

via Wikipedia infobox

Works in European collections

31 objects attributed to Honoré d'Urfé, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Honoré d'Urfé, marquis de Valromey, comte de Châteauneuf (11 February 1568 – 1 June 1625) was a French novelist and miscellaneous writer.

Marguerite de Valois and Honoré d'Urfé (19th-century painting)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Honoré d'Urfé” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.