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French tragedian (1606–1684)

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Pierre Corneille was a French playwright (1606–1684) who became one of the most important writers of tragic drama during his era. His works helped establish the foundations of French classical theater and remain influential in the study of dramatic literature.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1606
Died
1684
Works
565

Top works

  • Horace
  • Die Horazier
  • Polyeucte martyr
  • Pertharite roy des Lombards
  • Pompejus, treurspel

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Canada
Active from
1977-03-24
chansonchanson françaisecontemporary r&bfrenchsoul

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
56
Total plays
260

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audio theater

Pierre Corneille (1606 – 1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for nearly forty years. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pierre+Corneille">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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5 total works indexed

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  4. Outline of a Theory of Practice

    · 1977 · cited 18,826x

  5. Testing for a unit root in time series regression

    · 1988 · cited 12,508x

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Quotes

  • La raison et l'amour sont ennemis jurés.
  • Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.
  • Qui se laisse outrager, mérite qu'on l'outrageEt l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage.
  • Un service au-dessus de toute récompenseÀ force d'obliger tient presque lieu d'offense.
  • Ses rides, sur son front, ont grave ses exploits.
  • L'amour est un tyran qui n'épargne personne.

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end of work period
1684-00-00
Commons category
Pierre Corneille
date of birth
1606-06-06
date of death
1684-10-01
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start of work period
1625-00-00
name in native language
Pierre Corneille
nickname
Corneille l'aîné
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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Pierre Corneille, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Pierre Corneille (/kɔːrˈneɪ/ 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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