Pierre de ronsard biography courtesy
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Pierre de Ronsard
| French poet, chapter of "Pleiades" Date of Birth: 11.09.1524 Country: France |
Content:
- Biography of Pierre de Ronsard
- Early Life and Education
- Education and Career
- Literary Contributions
Biography of Pierre de Ronsard
Pierre de Ronsard was a French poet and a key figure of the French Renaissance.
He rejected the medieval tradition and looked to the classical literature of Greece and Rome as his inspiration, which had a significant influence on the development of French poetry for the next two centuries.
Early Life and Education
Pierre de Ronsard was born on September 11, 1524, in the castle of La Possonnière, in the Loire Valley (province of Vendôme).
He studied at the College of Navarre and became a page to the sons and later the sister of King Francis I. As the secretary to Lazare de Baïf, one of the leading humanists of his time, a prominent diplomat, and the father of Antoine de Baïf, Ronsard visited Scotland, England, and th