Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (; 1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as
Boileau (, ), was a
French poet and
critic. He did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, in the same way that
Blaise Pascal did to reform the prose. He was greatly influenced by
Horace.
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