François Rabelais, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

François Rabelais

French writer

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1494

Place of Birth: Seuilly, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 09-Apr-1553

Profession: writer, physician writer, monk, novelist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

François Rabelais (UK: RAB-?-lay, US: -?LAY, French: [f??~swa ?abl?]; between 1483 and 1494 – 1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar.
He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs.
Because of his literary power and historical importance, Western literary critics consider him one of the great writers of world literature and among the creators of modern European writing.
His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel.
His literary legacy is such that the word Rabelaisian has been coined as a descriptive inspired by his work and life.
Merriam-Webster defines the word as describing someone or something that is "marked by gross robust humor, extravagance of caricature, or bold naturalism".