rabelais

     

François Rabelais (c. 1494 - April 9, 1553) was a major French Renaissance writer, octor and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, dirty jokes and bawdy songs.

Trivia about rabelais

  • This French author poked fun at man's follies in his stinging satire "Gargantua"
  • In 1534 he published "Gargantua", part 2 of "Pantagruel"
  • The name of this French writer who died in 1553 has become an adjective referring to coarse humor
  • He's the humorous Frenchman who created the literary giants Gargantua & Pantagruel

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