Molière

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Moli?re (January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673), was a French theatre writer, director and actor, one of the masters of comic satire.

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The son of a Parisian artisan, Poquelin lost his mother when still a child and entered the prestigious Jesuits' Coll?ge de Clermont, to complete his studies. There are many stories about his time at the college: It is said that his father was very demanding of him, that he met the Prince of Conti, or that he was a pupil of the philosopher Pierre Gassendi, but none of these seem to have any foundation.

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