Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux was a 17th-century French poet, critic, and theorist of classical literature, best known for shaping French literary taste through works like "L’Art poétique."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux canonical | 4 |
| Boileau | 2 |
| Nicolas Boileau | 2 |
| Boileau-Despréaux | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux Context triple: [Collège d’Harcourt, educated, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux]
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Louis-Hippolyte Boileau
Louis-Hippolyte Boileau was a French architect known for his contributions to early 20th-century Parisian architecture, particularly in major public and cultural buildings.
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Marc de La Bruyère
Marc de La Bruyère is a Canadian real estate investor and businessman best known as the husband of Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Stacy Schiff.
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Pierre de Ronsard
Pierre de Ronsard was a leading 16th-century French poet, often called the "Prince of Poets," whose lyrical works helped shape French Renaissance literature.
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Clément Marot
Clément Marot was a prominent 16th-century French poet whose elegant verse helped shape Renaissance French literature and courtly poetry.
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Paul Scarron
Paul Scarron was a 17th-century French poet, dramatist, and novelist known for his burlesque works and as the first husband of Françoise d’Aubigné, later Madame de Maintenon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux Target entity description: Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux was a 17th-century French poet, critic, and theorist of classical literature, best known for shaping French literary taste through works like "L’Art poétique."
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A.
Louis-Hippolyte Boileau
Louis-Hippolyte Boileau was a French architect known for his contributions to early 20th-century Parisian architecture, particularly in major public and cultural buildings.
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B.
Marc de La Bruyère
Marc de La Bruyère is a Canadian real estate investor and businessman best known as the husband of Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Stacy Schiff.
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C.
Pierre de Ronsard
Pierre de Ronsard was a leading 16th-century French poet, often called the "Prince of Poets," whose lyrical works helped shape French Renaissance literature.
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D.
Clément Marot
Clément Marot was a prominent 16th-century French poet whose elegant verse helped shape Renaissance French literature and courtly poetry.
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E.
Paul Scarron
Paul Scarron was a 17th-century French poet, dramatist, and novelist known for his burlesque works and as the first husband of Françoise d’Aubigné, later Madame de Maintenon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French writer
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human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ poet ⓘ theorist of classical literature ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
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surface form:
Boileau
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ
surface form:
Boileau-Despréaux
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| birthDate | 1636-11-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1711-03-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| describedAs | lawgiver of Parnassus ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Collège de Beauvais ⓘ |
| employer |
Louis XIV of France
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surface form:
Louis XIV
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| era |
17th century
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The Age of Louis XIV ⓘ
surface form:
Age of Louis XIV
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| familyName |
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Boileau
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| fieldOfWork |
literary theory
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poetics ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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poetry ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| givenName |
Nicholas
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surface form:
Nicolas
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| influenced |
French classical drama
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French neoclassical criticism ⓘ Jean Racine ⓘ Nicolas Racine’s critical reception ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Horace ⓘ Quintilian ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
aesthetics of clarity and order in literature
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rules of classical drama ⓘ |
| memberOf | Académie française ⓘ |
| movement | French classicism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Le Lutrin
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L’Art poétique ⓘ Satires ⓘ Épîtres ⓘ |
| occupation |
literary critic
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poet ⓘ satirist ⓘ theorist of literature ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
member of the Académie française
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royal historiographer ⓘ |
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Subject: Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux Description of subject: Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux was a 17th-century French poet, critic, and theorist of classical literature, best known for shaping French literary taste through works like "L’Art poétique."
Referenced by (9)
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