ID
0888
Nationality
French
Occupation
Poet
Author
Summary
Deafened in early childhood. Wrote love sonnets and The Defense and Illustration of the French Language (1549); credited with helping to establish the form of the modern French language. Considered one of the great French poets of the Renaissance; also became the best Latin-language poet in Europe.
References
Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences, p.98-101; Gallaudet Encyclopedia, vol.1 p.308-310; Movers & Shakers, p.31-34; McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography, v.3 p.451-452; The Conquest of Deafness, p37-38.
Dates
1522? or 1524?-1 January 1560