Jean Desmarets

1595 - 1676

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Movement: Précieuses

Country of citizenship: France

Native language: French

Languages spoken, written or signed: French

Occupation: poet, playwright, writer, novelist, officier, courtier

Position held: seat 4 of the Académie française, contrôleur général des armées

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Jean Desmarets, Sieur de Saint-Sorlin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ demaʁɛ]; 1595 – 28 October 1676) was a French writer and dramatist. He was a founding member, and the first to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1634. Source: Wikipedia (en)