Dramatist Jean Racine

Jean Racine

Living place: France

Birthday: 22-12-1639

Global rank: #76968

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Who is Dramatist Jean Racine?
A seventeenth-century French playwright, he is known for such neoclassical tragedies as Phedre, Andromaque, and Athalie. One of his humorous theater productions, Les Plaideurs, premiered in 1668. He joined
Molière and Corneille as one of the most important French playwrights of the seventeenth century.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He studied at the Petites écoles de Port-Royal and from then on planned to study law in favor of a literary life.

Family life info

He was orphaned at the age of four and was raised by his maternal grandparents.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Dramatist Jean Racine?
Robert Lowell was one of the few poets to attempt an English translation of Racine's works.

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When was Dramatist Jean Racine born?
Jean Racine was born in 22-12-1639, death year is , at the age of 385.
Where is Dramatist Jean Racine's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jean Racine was born in France. is a Dramatist, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Jean Racine's global rank is 76968 and whose rank is 136 in list of famous Dramatist.
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Events in 1639 and 22-12

Birthday Jean Racine (22-12) in history

  • Day 22-12 year 1772: Moravian missionaries build the first school west of the Allegheny Mountains, Schoenbrunn, Ohio.
  • Day 22-12 year 1807: The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act.
  • Day 22-12 year 1864: During the Civil War, Union general William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."
  • Day 22-12 year 1894: French army officer Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial.
  • Day 22-12 year 1989: Playwright Samuel Beckett died at age 83.
  • Day 22-12 year 2001: Hamid Karzai sworn in as president of Afghanistan.
  • Day 22-12 year 2010: President Obama officially repealed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy.
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