“The principal point is invention, which comes as much from a good nature as from the reading of good and ancient authors.”
About Pierre de Ronsard
11 September 1524–27 December 1585
In the golden autumn of French Renaissance literature, one name shines with particular brilliance: Pierre de Ronsard, the master lyricist who transformed French poetry and established himself as the supreme voice of his generation. Born in September 1524 at the Château de la Possonnière in the Vendômois region of…