François Colletet

François Colletet (1628-1680?) was a French poet, the son of the poet Guillaume Colletet. His poetry was considered inferior to that of his father and he was ridiculed by Nicolas Boileau.

Biography

Like his father, he wrote poetry (Les Muses coquettes, 1659[1]; Noëls nouveaux, 1660; Les Tracas de Paris, 1666), but he appears to have been inferior to his father. It is this second Colletet who is mocked by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux and Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux. He served as an agent in the service of Cardinal Mazarin.

Works

  • Noëls nouveaux, 1660
  • the Tracas de Paris, 1665
  • the Muse coquette, 1665

Sources

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bouillet, Marie-Nicolas; Chassang, Alexis, eds. (1878). Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French). {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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