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Pierre de Ronsard was a French author who began his work period in 1547. He was born on September 11, 1524, and died on December 27, 1585. His literary output includes 292 works, with notable titles such as *La paix*, *Recveil des sonnets, odes, hymnes, elegies, et avtres pieces retranchees aux editions precedentes des œuures de*, *Les qvatre saisons de l'an*, *Responce de P. de Ronsard gentilhomme vandomois*, and *Oeuvres complètes*.
Ronsard is associated with several recorded quotes, including "Cueillez dès aujourd'hui les roses de la vie." and "Ny trop haut, ny trop bas, c’est le souverain style;Tel fut celuy d’Homère, et celuy de Virgile." His writings have been referenced by 323 other encyclopedia articles. Additionally, he has 11 works listed in Europeana Sparql and 5 works in Crossref.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1524
- Died
- 1585
- Works
- 292
Top works
- Livret de folastries, à Janot parisien
- Mirari ; Ustulare ; Movere ; Retinere ; Revelare ; Sublimare ; Unire ; Paradis
- La paix
- Recveil des sonnets, odes, hymnes, elegies, et avtres pieces retranchees aux editions precedentes des œuures de
- Les qvatre saisons de l'an
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 159
- Total plays
- 757
Pierre de Ronsard (11 September 1524 – 28 December 1585) was a French poet and "prince of poets" (as his own generation in France called him). Pierre de Ronsard was born at the Manoir de la Possonnière, in the village of Couture-sur-Loir, Vendômois (in present-day Loir-et-Cher). Baudouin de Ronsard or Rossart was the founder of the French branch of the house, and made his mark in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War. The poet's father was Louis de Ronsard <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,397x
- Going deeper with convolutions
· 2015 · cited 32,854x
- PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,374x
- Classification of Surgical Complications
· 2004 · cited 28,202x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,129x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Mignonne, allons voir si la roseQui ce matin avoit descloseSa robe de pourpre au Soleil,A point perdu ceste vespréeLes plis de sa robe pourprée.Et son teint au vostre pareil.”
- “Tandis que vostre âge fleuronneEn sa plus verte nouveauté,Cueillez, cueillez vostre jeunesse:Comme à ceste fleur la vieillesseFera ternir vostre beauté.”
- “Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, à la chandelle,Assise auprès du feu, dévidant et filant,Direz, chantant mes vers, en vous émerveillant:"Ronsard me célébrait du temps que j'étais belle."”
- “Cueillez dès aujourd'hui les roses de la vie.”
- “Je voudrais être le rubanqui serre ta belle poitrine;Je voudrais être le carcanqui orne ta gorge ivoirine.”
- “Ny trop haut, ny trop bas, c’est le souverain style;Tel fut celuy d’Homère, et celuy de Virgile.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Works in European collections
11 objects attributed to Pierre de Ronsard, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Pierre de Ronsard ( French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də ʁɔ̃saʁ]; 11 September 1524 – 27 December 1585) was a French poet. His works include Les Amours de Cassandre (1552), Les Hymnes (1555-1556), Les Discours (1562-1563), La Franciade (1572), and Sonnets pour Hélène (1578).
Ronsard was born at Manoir de la Possonnière in the village of Couture-sur-Loir, Vendômois. His father served Francis I as maître d'hôtel du roi. Ronsard received an education at home before attending the College of Navarre, in Paris, at age nine. He later travelled extensively, including visits to Scotland, Flanders, and Holland. After a hearing impairment halted his diplomatic career, Ronsard dedicated himself to study at the Collège Coqueret. He later became the acknowledged leader of La Pléiade, a group of seven French Renaissance poets.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pierre de Ronsard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.