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Étienne Jodelle

1532 - 1573

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Étienne Jodelle, seigneur de Limodin (French pronunciation: [etjɛn ʒɔdɛl]; 1532 – July 1573), French dramatist and poet, was born and died in Paris of a noble family. Member of La Pléiade, he will strive to revitalize the principles of ancient Greek and Roman theater during the Renaissance. He was the first to introduce the alexandrine into tragedy in his time, notably with Cléopâtre captive, the first tragédie à l'antique, as well as L'Eugène in comedy. He is recognized as a precursor of the theater which was born in the second half of the 16th century, a convulsive period by Wars of Religion which saw its uncertainties embodied in his work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Jodelle is the 2,157th most popular writer (up from 3,137th in 2019), the 2,426th most popular biography from France (up from 3,269th in 2019) and the 301st most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Étienne Jodelle ranks 2,157 out of 7,302. Before him are Brian Tracy, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Yevgenia Ginzburg, Miguel Delibes, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, and Germaine Greer. After him are Yvan Goll, Amrita Pritam, Sankardev, Luigi Pulci, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Li Shangyin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, Étienne Jodelle ranks 13. Before him are Luís Fróis, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, and Menocchio. After him are Alphonsus Rodriguez, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, William Allen, Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, and Mehmed II Giray. Among people deceased in 1573, Étienne Jodelle ranks 13. Before him are Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Azai Nagamasa, Matija Gubec, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Antun Vrančić, and Michel de l'Hôpital. After him are Joachim Beuckelaer, Malyuta Skuratov, Asakura Yoshikage, and Laurentius Petri.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Jodelle ranks 2,426 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Abbo of Fleury (945), Henry II, Duke of Guise (1614), William I of Provence (950), Guillaume Postel (1510), and Julian the Hospitaller (700). After him are Yvan Goll (1891), Claude Goudimel (1514), Pierre de Castelnau (1170), Saint Martial (300), Henri Gervex (1852), and Ford Madox Brown (1821).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Étienne Jodelle ranks 301. Before him are Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786), Thomas Merton (1915), Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154), Albert Gleizes (1881), Paul Hazard (1878), and Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704). After him are Yvan Goll (1891), Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Philippe Sollers (1936), Bernard Palissy (1510), Pierre Lemaitre (1951), and Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331).

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