Boileau-Despreaux, Nicolas
Born: Nov 01, 1636 AD
Died: 1711 AD, at 74 years of age.
Nationality: French
Categories: Critics, Poets
Died: 1711 AD, at 74 years of age.
Nationality: French
Categories: Critics, Poets
1636 - Nicolas Boileau was born on the 1st of November in Paris, France. He was the fifteenth child of Gilles Boileau, a clerk in the parlement. He was a French critic and satiric poet.
1666 - Published Satires du Sieur D..., containing seven satires and the Discours au roi.
1669 - Appeared his epistles.
1674 - His two masterpieces, L'Art poétique and Le Lutrin, were published.
- Appeared also his translation of Longinus On the Sublime.
1677 - Boileau was made historiographer.
1687 - Retired to a country house he had bought at Auteuil.
1705 - He sold his house and returned to Paris.
1711 - His death took place on the 13th of March.
1666 - Published Satires du Sieur D..., containing seven satires and the Discours au roi.
1669 - Appeared his epistles.
1674 - His two masterpieces, L'Art poétique and Le Lutrin, were published.
- Appeared also his translation of Longinus On the Sublime.
1677 - Boileau was made historiographer.
1687 - Retired to a country house he had bought at Auteuil.
1705 - He sold his house and returned to Paris.
1711 - His death took place on the 13th of March.
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