Corneille,Pierre

Corneille,Pierre
Cor·neille (kôr-nāʹ), Pierre. 1606-1684.
French playwright whose works, including Le Cid (c. 1637) and Horace (1640), dramatize grand moral themes within elegant verse.

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  • Corneille, Pierre — born June 6, 1606, Rouen, France died Oct. 1, 1684, Paris French poet and playwright. He studied law and was a king s counselor in Rouen (1628–50). He wrote his first comedy, Mélite (performed 1629), before he was 20; other comedies followed. He… …   Universalium

  • Corneille, Pierre — (1606 1684)    dramatist    Born in Rouen, the son of a government official, Pierre Corneille, one of the leading French dramatic writers of the 17th century, served as a government official but soon turned to drama and poetry as a career. His… …   France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present

  • Corneille, Pierre — ► (1606 84) Poeta dramático francés. Entre sus producciones pueden mencionarse El Cid (1637), basada en la tragedia de Guillén de Castro; Horacio (1640), Cinna (1641), Poliuto (1642), Pompeyo (1643) y El mentiroso (1644). Otras obras son Edipo,… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • CORNEILLE, PIERRE —    the father of French tragedy, born at Rouen, the son of a government legal official; was bred for the bar, but he neither took to the profession nor prospered in the practice of it, so gave it up for literature; threw himself at once into the… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Corneille, Pierre —  (1606–1684) French playwright …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) — Pierre Corneille Pour les articles homonymes, voir Corneille. Pierre Corneille Pierre Corneille, né à Rouen le 6  …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pierre Corneille — (* 6. Juni 1606 in Rouen; † 1. Oktober 1684 in Paris) war ein französischer Autor, der vor allem als Dramatiker aktiv war. Im europäischen Maßstab gesehen gehört er mit seinem gesamten Schaffen dem Zeitalter des Barock an. Den Franzosen gilt er… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pierre Corneille — Born 6 June 1606 Rouen Died 1 October 1684 Paris Occupation …   Wikipedia

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