Remy Belleau
Rémy Belleau ( Rémi Belleau , * 1528 in Nogent-le-Rotrou , † March 6, 1577 in Paris ) was a French poet of the Renaissance.
The protégé of the Abbé Christophe de Choiseul had lessons from Marc Antoine Muret and George Buchanan at the Collège von Boncourt . He joined the Princely House of Guise and in 1557 accompanied René II. De Lorraine on a campaign to Naples. From 1563 to 1566 he lived in Joinville as an advisor to the Guisen and teacher of Charles I. de Lorraine, duc d'Elbeuf .
In 1556 he published a translation of the Odes of Anacreon , which secured him a place in the La Pléiade group of poets founded by Pierre de Ronsard , Joachim du Bellay and others in 1549 . His collection of sonnets, hymns and love poems La Bergerie (1565), inspired by his stay at Schloss Guise, earned him the reputation of a nature painter. In Les Amours et nouveaux échanges des pierres précieuses , he described exotic stones and their secret powers in the style of medieval lapidaries.
In 1577 the comedy verse La Reconnue, based on Plautus ' Casina , appeared . Belleau also wrote Latin works, including the burlesque Poema macaronicum (1570). A complete edition of his poems appeared in Paris a year after his death. In 1867 A. Gouverneur published a complete edition of his works.
Web links
- Rémy Belleau , entry in the Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Belleau, Rémy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Belleau, Rémi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1528 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nogent-le-Rotrou |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1577 |
| Place of death | Paris |