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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

Died on March 13, 1711

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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (French:; 1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau (UK:, US: ), 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.

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