Marin Le Roy de Gomberville
Marin Le Roy, Seigneur de Gomberville (* 1600 in Paris , † June 14, 1674 ) was a French novelist.
Le Roy lived mostly on his estate in Gomberville near Versailles and died June 14, 1674 as one of the first members of the Académie française .
He wrote didactic and gallant poetry in the taste of the time, but in particular four novels (including Poléxandre , 1632–37), which gave the ruling heroic-gallant novel a more real basis than it had hitherto, and which received widespread approval.
Works
- Poléxandre. Facsimile of the Paris 1641 edition, Genève: Slatkine, 1978.
Web links
- Literature by and about Marin Le Roy de Gomberville in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
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| SURNAME | Gomberville, Marin Le Roy de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roy de Gomberville, Marin le; Du Parc et de Gomberville, Marin Le Roy; Le Roy de Gomberville, Marin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1600 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1674 |