Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

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Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac was a 17th-century French writer and stylist renowned for his influential letters, which helped shape classical French prose.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French writer
epistolographer
human
stylist
birthDate 1597-05-31
birthPlace Angoulême
Kingdom of France
correspondedWith Cardinal Richelieu
surface form: Cardinal de Richelieu

contemporary French intellectuals
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1654-02-18
deathPlace Angoulême
Kingdom of France
describedAs one of the first masters of French prose
educatedAt University of Leiden
era 17th century
familyName Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac self-linksurface differs
surface form: Guez de Balzac
fieldOfWork literature
rhetoric
genre essays
letters
givenName Jean-Louis
hasGender male
honorificTitle seigneur de Balzac
influenced French epistolary style
classical French prose
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie française
movement French classicism
name Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac self-link
nationality French
nativeLanguage French
notableFor influential letters
refinement of French prose style
notableWork Aristippe ou de la Cour
Le Prince
Lettres
occupation essayist
letter writer
writer
placeOfBurial Angoulême
positionHeld founding member of the Académie française
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
residence Angoulême
Paris
style classical French prose
workPeriod early 17th century
mid 17th century

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University of Poitiers educated Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac name Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac self-link
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this entity surface form: Guez de Balzac