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François Maynard, sometimes seen as "de Maynard", (1582 - 23 December 1646) was a French poet who spent much of his life in Toulouse.. Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Poets are authors of poems. ...
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Maynard was born in Toulouse to a father who was conseiller in the panement of the town. François was also trained for the law, becoming eventually president of Aurillac. He became secretary to Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV of France, for whom his early poems are written. He was a disciple of Malherbe, who said that in the workmanship of his lines he excelled Racan, but lacked his rivals energy. Aurillac is a town and commune in the Auvergne région of France, préfecture (capital) of the Cantal département, at 44°5544N, 2°2638E. Population (1999) 52,662. ...
Margaret of Valois (14 May 1553 - 27 March 1615) (Marguerite de Valois, Princess of France, Duchesse de Valois) was the daughter of King Henri II of France and his wife, Catherine de Medici. ...
By Frans Pourbus the younger. ...
François de Malherbe François de Malherbe (1555 - October 16, 1628) was a French poet, critic and translator. ...
In 1634 he accompanied the Cardinal de Noailles to Rome and spent about two years in Italy. On his return to France he made many unsuccessful efforts to obtain the favor of Cardinal Richelieu, but was obliged to retire to Toulouse. He never ceased to lament his exile from Paris and his inability to be present at the meetings of the French Academy, of which he was one of the earliest members. The best of his poems is in imitation of Horace, "Alcippe, reviens dans nos bois". He died at Toulouse in 1646. The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin Roma) is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. ...
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His works consist of odes, epigrams, songs and letters, and were published in 1646 by Mann le Roy de Gomberville.
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External links - A collection of his poems (http://poesie.webnet.fr/auteurs/maynard.html)
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