Curated category
French male poets
- VoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet was born in Paris on the 21st of November 1694. He entered the world as the youngest child of a minor treasury official and a woman…
- Jules VerneJules Gabriel Verne was born on the 8th of February 1828 on Île Feydeau in Nantes. This small artificial island sat within the river Loire before it was…
- Victor HugoVictor-Marie Hugo was born on the 26th of February 1802 in Besançon, a city in eastern France. His father Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo served as a general…
- Benoît de Sainte-MaureBenoît de Sainte-Maure died in 1173. He likely came from the town of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine near Tours, France. The Plantagenet administrative center sat…
- Nicholas Bourbon (the elder)Nicholas Bourbon was born in Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, France, during the year 1503. This small town in the Champagne region was famous for its cannonball forges…
- Jean CocteauJean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was born in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, on the 5th of July 1889. His father Georges died by suicide when Jean was nine…
- Dudo of Saint-QuentinDudo was born in the 960s within the region of Picardy. He served as the dean of Saint-Quentin during a turbulent era. By the year 987, he held the title of…
- François RabelaisThe estate of La Devinière in Seuilly, near Chinon, stands as the likely birthplace of François Rabelais. Most scholars accept 1483 as his year of birth…
- Joachim du BellayJoachim du Bellay was born at the Castle of La Turmelière, not far from Liré, near Angers. His father Jean du Bellay served as Lord of Gonnor and stood as…
- Lancelot de CarleLancelot de Carle entered the world around 1508 in Bordeaux, France. His father Jean de Carle served as a lawyer and second president of the Parlement…
- Raymond QueneauRaymond Auguste Queneau entered the world on the 21st of February 1903 at 47, rue Thiers in Le Havre. He was the only child born to Auguste Queneau and…
- Pierre de RonsardPierre de Ronsard was born at the Manoir de la Possonnière in the village of Couture-sur-Loir, Vendômois on the 11th of September 1524.
- Yves BonnefoyYves Jean Bonnefoy was born on the 24th of June 1923 in Tours, France. His father Marius Elie Bonnefoy worked as a railroad worker while his mother Hélène…