Jean Loret (ca 1600-1665) was a French writer and poet known for publishing the weekly news of

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ian society (including, initially, its pinnacle, the

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itself) from 1650 until 1665 in verse in what he called a ''

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''. He is sometimes referred to as the "father of journalism" as a result of his topical writings. In an 1868 review of the French press,

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called Loret's journal "the smartest of them all" being published in the period following the death of Louis XIII, and noted that he was able to escape government censorship until 1652, after which the government forbade Loret from writing about matters of Church or State. The verses, which were in the forms of letters to Marie d'Orléans Longueville, were assembled and published in three volumes as ''La Muse historique'' (1650, 1660, 1665). The first volume is believed to contain the earliest written reference to the tales of Mother Goose. He was the subject of a portrait by famed engraver Robert Nanteuil whose subjects were the figures of

's court. Loret's patron was Nicolas Fouquet and when Fouquet was arrested, Loret was one of several members of French society who came to his defence. After his death, several other writers continued the tradition of ''gazette burlesque'' until nearly the end of the century.

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* 1600s births 1665 deaths People from Carentan People from the Province of Normandy French poets 17th-century French writers 17th-century French male writers French journalists French male poets French male non-fiction writers 17th-century journalists {{France-writer-stub

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