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Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585)
Ronsard, Pierre de (ro
-sär’). A French poet; born at Château de la Poissonnière, Vendômois, Sept. 11, 1524; died on Dec. 27, 1585. He was the first representative of the new school of literature, which strove to imitate the classic models of Rome and Greece. He published: ‘Odes’ (1550); ‘Amours’ (1552); ‘Hymns’ (1555); and four books of his ambitious epic, ‘La Franciade’ (1572), never completed. His popularity waned after the advent of Malherbe, but his influence was never lost. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).