Philippe Desportes
Philippe Desportes (* 1546 in Chartres , † October 5, 1606 in Bonport , Normandy ) was a French author who went down in literary history almost exclusively as a poet.
As such, he made particular contributions to the purity of the language and the rigor of the metrical forms and can be considered a forerunner of François de Malherbe . In French literature he is counted among the second generation of poets of the Pléiade . He was a respected poet in court of Henry III. and from Heinrich IV.
His sonnets , odes , chansons and elegies show the influence of the Italian authors Francesco Petrarca , Ludovico Ariosto and Jacopo Sannazaro, who were also considered exemplary in France at the time . In addition to his poems, in 1603 he published a translation of the Psalms and a collection of "Prières et méditations chrétiennes" in prose .
Desportes was the uncle of the poet Mathurin Régnier , a son of his sister Simone.
Works
- Premières œuvres (1573)
- Œuvres complètes
- Les XLI chansons
- Imitations de l'Arioste
- Les amours de Diane (1573)
- Les Amours de Cléonice (1583)
- Bergeries
- Élégies (1583)
- Les 150 psaumes de David (1603-1605)
Web links
- Literature by and about Philippe Desportes in the catalog of the German National Library
- Philippe Desportes works in the Poésie Française
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Desportes, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot and French poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1546 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chartres |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1606 |
| Place of death | Bonport, Normandy |