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Pierre de Ronsard

1524 - 1585

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Pierre de Ronsard (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də ʁɔ̃saʁ]; 11 September 1524 – 27 December 1585) was a French poet known in his generation as a "prince of poets". 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre de Ronsard is the 534th most popular writer (down from 527th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from France (down from 619th in 2019) and the 88th most popular French Writer.

Pierre de Ronsard was a French poet and writer. He is most famous for his poems, which were published in the 16th century.

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Among writers, Pierre de Ronsard ranks 534 out of 7,302. Before him are Georg Trakl, Tennessee Williams, Jules Michelet, J. M. Barrie, Vasily Grossman, and Richard Bach. After him are Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Martial, Vasubandhu, Luo Guanzhong, Nâzım Hikmet, and Osip Mandelstam.

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Among people born in 1524, Pierre de Ronsard ranks 3. Before him are Selim II, and Luís de Camões. After him are Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Louise Labé, Joseph Nasi, Diego de Landa, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, François Hotman, and Plautilla Nelli. Among people deceased in 1585, Pierre de Ronsard ranks 2. Before him is Pope Gregory XIII. After him are Yermak Timofeyevich, Ismihan Sultan, Andrea Gabrieli, Thomas Tallis, Rembert Dodoens, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pontus De la Gardie, Luca Cambiaso, and Nicolò da Ponte.

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Among people born in France, Pierre de Ronsard ranks 629 out of 6,770. Before him are Élisabeth of France (1764), Luc Besson (1959), Suzanne Valadon (1865), Jules Michelet (1798), Luigi Lucheni (1873), and Adelbert von Chamisso (1781). After him are Annie Girardot (1931), Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Léon Walras (1834), Queen Anne of Romania (1923), Christine of France (1606), and Claude of France (1547).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre de Ronsard ranks 88. Before him are Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Paul Claudel (1868), Hector Malot (1830), Boris Vian (1920), and Jules Michelet (1798). After him are Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Camille Flammarion (1842), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Anaïs Nin (1903), Frontinus (30), and Alfred Jarry (1873).

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