About Jacques de Serisay
Lived 1594 – 1653 (aged 58–59). Jacques de Serisay was a French poet and writer.
Jacques de Serisay (1594 – November 1653) was a French poet, intendant of the duc de La Rochefoucauld, and the founding director of the Académie française.
He was born in Paris, and was director of the Académie from 1634 to 11 January 1638, as well as being the first occupant of seat three. Only a few of his poems are extant. He died in La Rochefoucauld, Charente.
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Who was Jacques de Serisay?
French writer
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Jacques de Serisay was born in 1594 in Paris.
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Jacques de Serisay died on 1 November 1653 in La Rochefoucauld.
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Jacques de Serisay was a poet and writer.
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Jacques de Serisay was French.
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