François Tristan l'Hermite
François l'Hermite (c. 16017 September 1655) was a French dramatist who wrote under the name Tristan l'Hermite. He was born at the Château de Soliers in the County of La Marche.
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François Tristan l'Hermite

Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers · Un précurseur de Racine, Tristan L'Hermite, sieur du Solier, (Paris: A. Picard et fils) 1895 · Public domain
- Born
- c. 1601
- Birthplace
- Janaillat, France
- Died
- 7 September 1655
- Movement
- Baroque
- Full name
- François L'Hermite.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of France.
- Occupation
- poet, playwright, writer and dramaturge.
- Fields
- tragedy, comedy and tragicomedy.
- Movements
- Baroque.
- Known for
- Prière à Jésus-Christ.
- Languages
- French.
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François l'Hermite (c. 16017 September 1655) was a French dramatist who wrote under the name Tristan l'Hermite. He was born at the Château de Soliers in the County of La Marche.
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Philippe Quinault is recorded as having studied under François Tristan l'Hermite. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are tragedy, comedy and tragicomedy. Positions recorded include member of the Académie française. Works named in the authority record are Prière à Jésus-Christ.
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• Born — c. 1601 • Birthplace — Janaillat, France • Died — 7 September 1655 • Movement — Baroque • Genre — poetry drama • Notable Works — Marianne
Life
Life
He killed his enemy in a duel at the age of thirteen, and was obliged to flee to England. The story of his childhood and youth he embroiders in a burlesque novel, the Page disgracie. He was, in succession, poet to Gaston d'Orléans, to the duchesse de Chaulnes and the duke of Guise. His first tragedy, Marianne (1636), was also his best. It was followed by Penthée (1637), La Mort de Seneque (1644), La Mort de Crispe (1645) and the Parasite (1654). He was also the author of some admirable lyrics. Three of his best plays are printed in the Théâtre français of 1737. He took his pseudonym from Tristan l'Hermite, a shadowy figure of the late Middle Ages who was provost of the marshals of the King's household under Louis XI. He died of tuberculosis.
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1601
François Tristan l'Hermite born at Janaillat.
1655
François Tristan l'Hermite died at Paris.
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Janaillat.
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- 1.La muze historique. Jannet. 1857.
- 2.Esquisse d'une histoire de la tragédie française. Columbia University Press. 1920.
- 3.Dictionnaire portatif des théâtres. Jombert. 1754.
- 4.Abrégé de l'histoire du théâtre français, depuis son origine. Jorry & Mérigot. 1780.
- 5.Chevræana. Florentin & Pierre Delaulne. 1697.
- 6.Réf Bible Matthieu 27 35 .
- 7.Réf Bible Luc 23 34 .
- 8.Réf Bible Jean 19 34 .
- 9.René Pintard. L'autre Tristan L'Hermite. Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France. 55. 492 . 1955.
- 10.Jugements des savants sur les principaux ouvrages des auteurs. Antoine Dezallier. IV. 1686.
- 11.Le Parnasse françois. Slatkine. 1971.
- 12.ou Les bons mots et remarques critiques, historiques, morales et d'érudition de M. Ménage. Florentin Delaulne. 1715.
- 13.Essais. PUF. 1965.
- 14.La Pratique du Théâtre. Antoine de Sommaville. 1657.
- 15.Observations sur le Cid. Aux dépens de l'auteur. 1637.
- 16.Eugène Rigal. Alexandre Hardy et le théâtre français à la fin du et au commencement du. Librairie Hachette. 715. 1889.
- 17.Le siècle de Louis le Grand. 1687.
- 18.Félix Deltour. Les ennemis de Racine au. Didier et Durand. 1857.
- 19.Recueil des factums. Poulet-Malassis & de Broise. 1859.
- 20.Œuvres. Garnier frères. 1857.
- 21.La muze historique. Jannet. 1857.
- 22.Œuvres de Scarron. Jean-François Bastien. 1786.
- 23.Les Contemplations. Nelson. 1911.
- 24.Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve. Tableau de la poésie française au. Alphonse Lemerre. 435. 1876.
- 25.Catalogue des livres composant la bibliothèque poétique de M. Viollet-le-Duc. Hachette. 1843.
- 26.Œuvres complètes, (Études et portraits). Le Divan. 1923.
- 27.Tableau de la littérature française, de Rutebeuf à Descartes. Gallimard. 1962.
- 28.Philippe Chabaneix. Les poètes et la poésie. Revue des Deux Mondes. 1979.
- 29.Sommaire des Cahiers Tristan L'Hermite sur le site Les Amis de Tristan.
- 30.Jean-Louis Vaudoyer. Le Théâtre. Les Nouvelles littéraires. 1936 lire en.
- 31.Henry Bidou. Chronique théâtrale. Le Temps (quotidien français, 1861-1942) Le Temps. 1936 lire en.
- 32.J.C. Mourgeon. Le Page disgracié de Tristan L'Hermite. Combat (journal) Combat. 1959 .
- 33.Préparation à l'agrégation sur le site de l'Académie de Paris.
- 34.L'Incroyable histoire de la littérature française. Les Arènes. 2019. 979-10-375-0005-2.
- 35.Claude Debussy. Fayard. 1980. 2-213-00921-X.
- 36.Antonina Sergueievna Maximov. Творчество Владимира Дукельского – Вернона Дюка в контексте музыкальной культуры США первой половины ХХ века. 323. 2015.
- 37.La musique pour piano. Robert Laffont. I (A-I). 1998. 978-2-221-05017-0.
- 38.Rue Tristan l'Hermite sur mappy.fr.
- 39.Groupe scolaire Tristan L'Hermite, sur mappy.fr.
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