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Thomas Sébillet

1512 – 1589

French writer

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Lived 1512 – 1589 (aged 76–77). Thomas Sébillet was a French linguist, poet, essayist, translator, writer and lawyer.

Thomas Sébillet (1512–1589) was a French jurist, essayist, and neo-Platonist grammarian. He is now remembered for his Art Poétique (Poetic Art) from 1548, on French verse. He was strongly contradicted later by Joachim du Bellay, whose art poétique became normative. This "decapitation of richesse" led to a centralisation of language, too (additionally to the concentration of political power).

Equally advocate in Parliament, he was a friend of Michel de l'Hospital, Étienne Pasquier and Pierre de l'Estoile.

Works

Art poetique franc̜ois. Pour l'instruction dés jeunes studieus, & encor peu avancéz en la pöesie franc̜oise (1548) Online text La Louenge des femmes, invention extraite du commentaire de Pantagruel, sur l'Androgyne de Platon (1551) Online text Contramours. L'antéros ou contr amour, de Messire Baptiste Fulgose, jadis duc de Gennes. Le dialogue de Baptiste Platine, contre les folles amours. Paradoxe contre l'amour, traduction de l'ouvrage de Battista Fregoso (1453-1504), doge de Gênes (1581)

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1512, Paris
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Frequently asked questions

Who was Thomas Sébillet?

French writer

When was Thomas Sébillet born?

Thomas Sébillet was born in 1512 in Paris.

When did Thomas Sébillet die?

Thomas Sébillet died on 1 November 1589.

What was Thomas Sébillet's occupation?

Thomas Sébillet was a linguist, poet, essayist, translator, writer and lawyer.

What nationality was Thomas Sébillet?

Thomas Sébillet was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Thomas Sébillet

· Wikidata: Q3107394

· DBpedia: Thomas Sébillet

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