Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin

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Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin

Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (* 1595 in Paris ; † October 28, 1676 there ) was a French poet and playwright .

In 1634 he got a seat ( Fauteuil 4 ) as one of the first members of the Académie française , and also became its first chancellor. Saint-Sorlin was a favorite of Cardinal de Richelieu , the founder of the Académie française .

At the suggestion of Richelieu , he wrote a number of dramatic pieces, including the character comedy Les visionnaires (1637), which met with great acclaim and which even Molière used as a model in some of his performances. In 1634 he wrote the heroic comedy Comedie Heroiqve on behalf of Richelieu .

He also wrote epic poems such as Clovis (1657), Marie-Madeleine (1669), numerous religious poems and polemical treatises .

See also

Works

  • Abraham ou la vie parfaite . (1680)
  • Les amours du compas et de siècle et ceux du soleil et de l'ombre
  • l'Ariane. Novel . (1632)
  • Aspasia. Tragedy . (1636)
  • Au roy sur sa conqueste de la France-Comté . (1668)
  • Clovis ou la France chrétienne . (1657)
  • La comparaison de la langue et de la poesie françoise, avec la greque et la latine . (1670)
  • La defense de la poésie . (1675)
  • La défense du poème heroïque avec quelquels remarques sur les œuvres satyriques du Sieur D *** . (1674)
  • Erigone. Tragedy . (1638)
  • Esther . (1669)
  • Europe. Comedy . (1643)
  • Marie-Madeleine ou la grace triomphante . (1654)
  • Mirame. Tragic comedy . (1641)
  • Les promenades de Richelieu ou le Vertus chrestiennes . (1653)
  • Les quatre livres de l'imitation de Jesu-Christ . (1654)
  • Response to l'inosente apologie de Port-Royal . (1666)
  • Roxanne. Tragic comedy (1639)
  • Scipion l'Africain. Tragic comedy . (1639)
  • La triomphe de Louis et de son siècle . (1674)
  • Les Visionnaires. Comedy . (1637)

literature

  • Hippolyte Rigault: Histoire de la querelle des anciens et des modern . Franklin Books, New York 1978, pp. 80–103 (repr. Of the Paris 1856 edition)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of his Comedie Heroiqve and a detailed biography of Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin
personal data
SURNAME Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1595
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1676
Place of death Paris