Barthélemy Aneau (c.1510–1561) was a
French poet
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and
humanist
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. He is known for his novel ''Alector, ou le coq'', and his work on
emblem
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s.
He was born in Bourges but later moved to
Lyon
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where he became regent, then principal of the
Collège de la Trinité. In Lyon, he was part of the cultural life of the city and of a cenacle of scholars (
Maurice Scève
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,
Pierre Tolet
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Biography
Originally from the diocese of Béziers, he st ...
) who were working to promote new reflections on poetic language.
He wrote both French and Latin poetry. His works include:
* ''Emblemes'', a French verse translation of the
emblem book
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of
Andre Alciato (Lyon, 1549);
* ''Quintil Horatian'' (Lyons, 1551), anonymous attack on
Joachim du Bellay
Joachim du Bellay (; – 1 January 1560) was a French poet, critic, and a founder of the Pléiade. He notably wrote the manifesto of the group: '' Défense et illustration de la langue française'', which aimed at promoting French as an a ...
;
* a series of Latin poems in his own emblem book, ''Picta poesis'' (1552), called ''Imagination poétique'' in his own French translation, in which Classical stories are given a practical and moral reinterpretation;
*''Alector ou le coq'', a fantasy story (Lyon, 1560).
He was killed in 1561, during riots in Lyon, in or near the college. He was suspected of
Protestantism
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.
References
External links
B.Aneau, Gordon Collection, U.Va. LibraryB.Aneau's Picta poesis, Glasgow UniversityB.Aneau's Imagination poétique, Glasgow University
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1510 births
1561 deaths
Writers from Bourges
16th-century French poets
French male poets