Guillaume de Lorris (c. 1200c. 1240) was a French scholar and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

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Lorris Lorris () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. Geography Lorris is located northeast of Sully-sur-Loire, southwest of Montargis, east of Orléans and south of Paris. It is in the southernmost part of the historic ...

. He was the author of the first section of the ''

Roman de la Rose ''Le Roman de la Rose'' (''The Romance of the Rose'') is a medieval poem written in Old French and presented as an allegorical dream vision. As poetry, ''The Romance of the Rose'' is a notable instance of courtly literature, purporting to prov ...

''. Little is known about him, other than that he wrote the earlier section of the poem around 1230, and that the work was completed forty years later by

Jean de Meun Jean de Meun (or de Meung, ) () was a French author best known for his continuation of the '' Roman de la Rose''. Life He was born Jean Clopinel or Jean Chopinel at Meung-sur-Loire. Tradition asserts that he studied at the University of Paris. He ...

. He is only known by mention of Jean de Meun, (de Meung in French), in ''Roman de la Rose''. Lorris' poem was translated into Middle English verse by

Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer (; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for '' The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He w ...

, and into Modern English verse by F. S. Ellis. Guillaume - Roman de la rose, 1914 - 4062453 F

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1200s births 1240s deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain 13th-century French writers French fantasy writers French male poets 13th-century French poets {{France-poet-stub