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Claude Boyer

1618 – 1698

French poet

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About Claude Boyer

Lived 1618 – 1698 (aged 79–80). Claude Boyer was a French poet, playwright, writer and preacher.

Claude Boyer (1618 in Albi – 22 July 1698 in Paris) was a French clergyman, playwright, apologist and poet. Contrary to a popular belief, he was never abbot.

Claude Boyer was educated by the Jesuits, where he excelled in rhetoric. His classmate Michel Le Clerc, who like him wrote tragedies and was elected to the French Academy, became one of his closest friends. In 1645, Boyer moved to Paris where he attended exhibitions and produced his first play, The Roman Portia, played at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in 1646. The play was a great success. Throughout his career some thirty plays, most of which were tragedies, experienced great success. The tragedy The Loves of Jupiter and Semele in 1666 was a triumph. When one of the highest literary authorities of the seventeenth century, Jean Chaplain, composed around 1662 a paper on literary men of his time, he thought of Claude Boyer.

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Important facts

Born
1618, Albi
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Positions held
Seat 39 of the Académie française

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Claude Boyer?

French poet

When was Claude Boyer born?

Claude Boyer was born in 1618 in Albi.

When did Claude Boyer die?

Claude Boyer died on 22 July 1698 in Paris.

What was Claude Boyer's occupation?

Claude Boyer was a poet, playwright, writer and preacher.

What nationality was Claude Boyer?

Claude Boyer was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Claude Boyer

· Wikidata: Q2977083

· DBpedia: Claude Boyer

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