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Pierre Corneille

1606 - 1684

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Pierre Corneille (; 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 a 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Corneille is the 285th most popular writer (down from 218th in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from France (down from 269th in 2019) and the 46th most popular French Writer.

Pierre Corneille is most famous for his tragedies, which include "Le Cid" and "Horace."

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Among writers, Pierre Corneille ranks 285 out of 7,302. Before him are Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Valmiki, Germaine de Staël, Isabel Allende, and Kenzaburō Ōe. After him are Ludovico Ariosto, Marcus Terentius Varro, Eckhart Tolle, Patrick Modiano, Claude Simon, and Luigi Pirandello.

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Among people born in 1606, Pierre Corneille ranks 2. Before him is Rembrandt. After him are Maria Anna of Spain, Christine of France, Li Zicheng, Joachim von Sandrart, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Zhang Xianzhong, Laurent de La Hyre, Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, Mehmed IV Giray, and Lorenzo Lippi. Among people deceased in 1684, Pierre Corneille ranks 1. After him are Roger Williams, Pieter de Hooch, Edme Mariotte, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Nicola Amati, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Anne Gonzaga, Josefa de Óbidos, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Antoine Gombaud, and Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Corneille ranks 316 out of 6,770. Before him are Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Jean Gabin (1904), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Germaine de Staël (1766), Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640), and Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850). After him are Joseph Fouché (1759), Patrick Modiano (1945), Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682), Mireille Mathieu (1946), Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870), and Jacques de Molay (1243).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Corneille ranks 46. Before him are George Sand (1804), Roger Martin du Gard (1881), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Annie Ernaux (1940), Prosper Mérimée (1803), and Germaine de Staël (1766). After him are Patrick Modiano (1945), Alphonse Daudet (1840), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), and J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940).

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