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Baïf, Jean Antoine de

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Baïf, Jean Antoine de (1532-1589)

French poet, born in Venice. A member of the Pléiade group of poets, he was notable for applying classical prosody to French verse. His poems include Les Amours (1552), Les Amours de Francine (1555), Oeuvres en rime (1572-73), and Mimes, enseignements et proverbes (1576).

His brainchild, the Academie de Poesie et le Musique/Academy of Poetry and Music, was founded by royal charter in 1570, with the intention of bringing the two arts closer together. Despite the royal favour, it proved (like so many academies) short-lived, being superseded by the Academie de Palais.



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