Ronsard, Pierre de (1524–1585)
French poet. He was the leader of the Pléiade group of poets. Under the patronage of Charles IX, he published original verse in a lightly sensitive style, including odes and love sonnets, such as Odes (1550), Les Amours/Lovers (1552–53), and the ‘Marie’ cycle, Continuation des amours/Lovers Continued (1555–56). He also produced a theoretical treatise Art poétique (1565).
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