Moliere, French Playwright
(1622-1673)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
  • Known as: Moliere
  • Birth: January 15, 1622, Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris, France
  • Death: February 17, 1673, Rue de Richelieu, Paris, France
  • Language: French
  • Who he was: French playwright; Le Misanthrop (The Misanthrope); L'école des Femmes (The School for Wives); Tartuffe; L'Avare (The Miser); Le Malade Imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid); and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman)
  • Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); GGB (+PGR 1); LRP; HC; Bloom

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