Short answers, pulled from the story.
Joachim du Bellay was born at the Castle of La Turmelière near Angers. Both of his parents died while he remained a child, leaving him under the guardianship of his elder brother René.
Joachim du Bellay died on the 1st of January 1560 at age thirty-eight. His health grew weak and deafness seriously hindered official duties before his death.
The book aimed to promote French as an artistic language equal to Greek and Latin. Redaction was entrusted to du Bellay even though Ronsard led the group.
He spent four and a half years in Italy performing duties like meeting creditors and funding household expenses. To the beginning of this residence belong forty-seven sonnets of Antiquités de Rome published in 1558.
Remains reportedly identified in 2024 within lead coffin found April 2022 during excavations National Institute Preventive Archaeological Research Inrap after Cathedral fire 2019. Skeleton showed symptoms matching poet's final years including bone tuberculosis chronic meningitis.