François l'Hermite (c. 16017 September 1655) was a French

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who wrote under the name Tristan l'Hermite. He was born at the Château de Soliers in the County of La Marche.

Life

His adventures began early, for he killed his enemy in a duel at the age of thirteen, and was obliged to flee to England. The story of his childhood and youth he embroiders in a burlesque novel, the . He was, in succession, poet to Gaston d'Orléans, to the duchesse de Chaulnes and the

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. His first

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, ''Marianne'' (1636), was also his best. It was followed by ''Penthée'' (1637), ''La Mort de Seneque'' (1644), ''La Mort de Crispe'' (1645) and the ''Parasite'' (1654). He was also the author of some admirable lyrics. Three of his best plays are printed in the ''Théâtre français'' of 1737. He took his pseudonym from

Tristan l'Hermite :''See also François Tristan l'Hermite'' Tristan l'Hermite (died ) was a French political and military figure of the late Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to ...

, a shadowy figure of the late Middle Ages who was provost of the marshals of the King's household under

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. He died of

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References

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External links

* * L'Hermite, François Tristan. ''Poésies'', edited by Philip A. Wadsworth, 1962. * L'Hermite, François Tristan. ''Les Vers héroïques'', edited by Catherine M. Grisé, 1967. * Abraham, Claude K., Jerome Schweitzer, and Jacqueline Vam Baelen, editors, ''Le Théâtre complet de Tristan L'Hermite'', 1975. * Abraham, Claude K. ''The Strangers: Tragic World of Tristan L'Hermite'', 1969, 1989. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lhermite, Francois Tristan 1600s births 1655 deaths Members of the Académie Française 17th-century French male writers 17th-century French novelists 17th-century French dramatists and playwrights 17th-century French poets 17th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in France Baroque writers People from the County of La Marche