Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a founder of La Pléiade. He notably wrote the manifesto of the group: Défense et illustration de la langue française, which aimed at promoting French as an artistic language, equal to Greek and Latin.
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FranceCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1522 to 1560 · aged 38
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