Racine

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Racine is a renowned 17th-century French dramatist celebrated for his classical tragedies such as "Phèdre" and "Andromaque."

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Racine canonical 7

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instanceOf French dramatist
person
playwright
tragedian
birthName Jean Racine
burialPlace Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris
centuryOfActivity 17th century
contemporaryOf Molière
Pierre Corneille
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1639-12-22
dateOfDeath 1699-04-21
educatedAt Collège de Beauvais
Port-Royal des Champs
employer Louis XIV of France
ethnicGroup French
familyName Racine
genre drama
tragedy
givenName Jean
influenced European drama
French classical theatre
linked to: French classicism
influencedBy Euripides
Seneca the Younger
Sophocles
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie française
movement Classical tragedy
French classicism
name Jean Racine
notableWork Alexandre le Grand
linked to: Alexander the Great

Andromaque
Athalie
linked to: Athaliah

Britannicus
linked to: Britannicus (play)

Bérénice
linked to: Berenice

Esther
Iphigénie
linked to: Iphigenia

La Thébaïde
linked to: Thebaid

Mithridate
Phèdre
linked to: Phaedra
notedFor classical French tragedies
numberOfChildren 7
occupation court historian
playwright
placeOfBirth Aisne
Kingdom of France
La Ferté-Milon
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France
Paris
positionHeld royal historiographer
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
spouse Catherine de Romanet
workLocation Paris
writingStyle alexandrine verse

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