Jean Racine
Jean Racine
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a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille
Born
Jean-Baptiste Racine 21 December 1639 La Ferté-Milon, Kingdom of France
Died
21 April 1699 (aged 59) Paris, Kingdom of France
Occupation
Dramatist
adultbasic
France
era
1600-1800
Genre
Tragedy (primarily), comedy
Literary movement
Classicalism, Jansenism
Notable works
Andromaque, Phèdre, Athalie
Period
Seventeenth century