biography
pronunciation:
[ürfay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1568–1625)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Marseille, S France. He was the author of the pastoral romance, Astrée (1610–27), set on the banks of the Lignon, describing the lives of shepherds and shepherdesses whose chief interest was love. It is regarded as the first French novel. |
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