
Family tree of Pierre CORNEILLE
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Born Pierre CORNEILLE
French tragedian
Born on June 06, 1606 in Rouen, France , France
Died on October 01, 1684 in Paris, France
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He moved to Paris in the same year and soon became one of the leading playwrights of the French stage. His early comedies, starting with Mélite, depart from the French farce tradition by reflecting the elevated language and manners of fashionable Parisian society. Corneille describes his variety of comedy as "une peinture de la conversation des honnêtes gens" ("a painting of the conversation of the gentry"). His first true tragedy is Médée, produced in 1635.
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