Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille was born in Rouen on 6 June 1606. A pupil at the Jesuit college of his town, he studied law, was admitted as an advocate and bought two offices in the Rouen jurisdiction of waters and forests, which he held while writing for the stage. A first comedy brought him immediate success. After the quarrel that followed his most famous play, he fell silent for three years, then returned to the theatre in 1640. Elected to the Académie française in 1647, he died in Paris on 1 October 1684.

In the catalogue 2

• TheatreThe CidLe CidPierre Corneille · 1637LiteraturePublic domain
• TheatreThe LiarLe MenteurPierre Corneille · 1644LiteraturePublic domain