biography
pronunciation:
[belay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1522–60)
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| biography:
| Poet and prose writer, born in Lire, NW France. After his friend and fellow-student, Ronsard, he was the most important member of the Pléiade. His Défense et illustration de la langue Française (1549, The Defence and Illustration of the French Language), the manifesto of the Pléiade, advocating the rejection of mediaeval linguistic traditions and a return to Classical and Italian models, had a considerable influence at the time. |
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