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Pernette Du Guillet

Pernette Du Guillet (c.1520 – July 7, 1545) was a female French poet of the Renaissance. She was born into a noble family in Lyon and got married in 1537-38 to a man with the last name Du Guillet. In the spring of 1536, she met the poet Maurice Scève (she was 16; he was 35), and she would serve as Scève's poetic muse, inspiring his Délie.

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Pernette Du Guillet

Buste en marbre de Pernette du Guillet par Jean-Louis Pivot réalisé en 1898. Musées Gadagne.

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Born
1520 · Lyon.
Died
1545 · Lyon.
Nationality
France · Kingdom of France
Occupation
poet · writer
Fields
poetry
Movements
School of Lyon
Languages
Middle French

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Pernette Du Guillet (c.1520 – July 7, 1545) was a female French poet of the Renaissance. She was born into a noble family in Lyon and got married in 1537-38 to a man with the last name Du Guillet. In the spring of 1536, she met the poet Maurice Scève (she was 16; he was 35), and she would serve as Scève's poetic muse, inspiring his Délie.

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