Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
1674
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1762
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
native language: French
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Pontlevoy Abbey, Collège des Quatre-Nations, University of Paris
occupation: poet, playwright, writer
award received: rue Crébillon, rue Crébillon
position held: censor, seat 13 of the Académie française
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (13 January 1674 – 17 June 1762) was a French poet and tragedian.He is sometimes known as Crébillon père or Crébillon le Tragique (Crébillon the Tragic) to distinguish him from his son Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (Crébillon the Gay). Source: Wikipedia (en)
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