Isaac de Benserade, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Isaac de Benserade

French writer

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1613

Place of Birth: Paris, ĂŽle-de-France, France

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1691

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, choreographer, librettist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Isaac de Benserade

  • Isaac de Benserade (French: [b?~.s?ad]; baptized 5 November 1613 – 10 October 1691) was a French poet. Born in Lyons-la-ForĂŞt in the Province of Normandy, his family appears to have been connected with Richelieu, who bestowed on him a pension of 600 livres.
  • He began his literary career with the tragedy of ClĂ©opâtre (1635), which was followed by four other pieces.
  • On Richelieu's death Benserade lost his pension, but became more and more a favourite at court, especially with Anne of Austria.Benserade provided the words for the court ballets, and was, in 1674, admitted to the Academy, where he wielded considerable influence.
  • In 1675 he provided the quatrains to accompany the thirty nine hydraulic sculpture groups depicting Aesop's fables in the labyrinth of Versailles.
  • In 1676 the failure of his MĂ©tamorphoses d'Ovide in the form of rondeaux gave a blow to his reputation, but by no means destroyed his vogue with his contemporaries.
  • Benserade may be best known for his sonnet on Job (1651).
  • This sonnet, which he sent to a young lady with his paraphrase on Job, having been placed in competition with the Urania of Voiture, led to a dispute on their relative merits which long divided the whole court and the wits into two parties, styled respectively the Jobelins and the Uranists.
  • The partisans of Benserade were headed by the prince de Conti and Mlle de ScudĂ©ry, while Mme de Montausier and Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac took the side of Voiture.Some years before his death, Benserade retired to Gentilly, and devoted himself to a translation of the Psalms, which he nearly completed.

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