Adam Billaut
Illustration — French carpenter and poet Adam Billaut by Edme Bovinet, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1790 Adam Billaut (31 January 1602 – 18 May 1662) was a French carpenter, poet and singer. Nicknamed "the Virgil of rabot" he is considered one of the first poet-workers. Billaut divided his time between Paris, where he met Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, Guillaume Colletet, Paul Scarron and Michel de Marolles, and Nevers, where he married Catherine Renard in 1630.
Also recorded as Maître Adam
Adam Billaut
Edme Bovinet · Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain
- Born
- 1602 · Nevers.
- Died
- 1662 · Nevers.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — French carpenter and poet Adam Billaut by Edme Bovinet, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1790 Adam Billaut (31 January 1602 – 18 May 1662) was a French carpenter, poet and singer. Nicknamed "the Virgil of rabot" he is considered one of the first poet-workers. Billaut divided his time between Paris, where he met Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, Guillaume Colletet, Paul Scarron and Michel de Marolles, and Nevers, where he married Catherine Renard in 1630.
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Adam Billaut is recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded as a citizen of France.
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Bovinet, Edme (1767-1837?). Peintre du modèle · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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1602
Adam Billaut was born on 31 January 1602.
1662
Adam Billaut died on 18 May 1662.
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He received patronage from Marie Louise Gonzaga and the Prince of Condé, and he was also pensioned by Cardinal Richelieu. He wrote a number of books, including Les Chevilles, which enjoyed some critical success when it was published in 1644, Le Vilebrequin, published posthumously in 1663, and Le Rabot, which was never printed. • Illustration — Home where Adam Billaut lived while in Nevers
• Ode à Monseigneur le cardinal duc de Richelieu, par le menuisier de Nevers, 1639 • Les Chevilles de maître Adam, menuisier de Nevers, préface de l'abbé de Marolles, 1644 • Stances de maître Adam au parc de Nevers, sur le départ de la sérénissime reine de Pologne, 1645 • Ode pour monseigneur le Prince, par maître Adam, menuisier de Nevers, 1648 • Le Vilebrequin de maître Adam, menuisier de Nevers, contenant toutes sortes de poésies gallantes, tant en sonnets, épîtres, épigrammes, élégies, madrigaux, que stances et autres pièces, 1663 • Poésies de maître Adam Billaut, 1842 • Appendice aux poésies de maître Adam, menuisier de Nevers, 1842
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