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Valentin Conrart (; 1603 – 23 September 1675) was a French author, and as a founder of the
Valentin Conrart (; 1603 – 23 September 1675) was a French author, and as a founder of the Académie française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...
, the first occupant of seat 2.
Biography
He was born in Paris ofCalvinist
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parents, and was educated for business. However, after his father's death in 1620, he began to move in literary circles, and soon acquired a reputation, though he wrote nothing for many years. He was made councillor and secretary to the king; and in 1629 his house became the resort of a group who met to talk over literary subjects, and to read and mutually criticize their works.
Cardinal Richelieu
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offered the society his protection, and in this way (1635) the Académie française was created. Its first meetings were held in Conrart's house. He was unanimously elected secretary, and discharged the duties of his post for forty-three years, till his death.
Works
The most important of Conrart's written works is his ''Mémoires sur l'histoire de son temps'' published by Louis Monmerqué in 1825.See also
* ''Guirlande de Julie
The ''Guirlande de Julie'' (, ''Julie's Garland'') is a unique French manuscript of sixty-one madrigal (poetry), ''madrigaux'', illustrated with painted flowers, and composed by several poets ''habitués'' of the Hôtel de Rambouillet for Julie ...
''
* Hercule Audiffret
Hercule Audiffret (15 May 1603 – 6 or 16 April 1659), known as "le Père Hercule", was a French orator, religious writer and Superior General of the Christian Doctrine Fathers, Congrégation des Doctrinaires. He was the maternal uncle of Esprit ...
Bibliography
*R. Kerviler andÉdouard de Barthélemy Édouard is both a French given name and a surname, equivalent to Edward in English. Notable people with the name include:
* Édouard Balladur (born 1929), French politician
* Édouard Boubat (1923–1999), French photographer
* Édouard Colonne ...
, ' (1881);
*C.B. Petitot, ''Mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France'', tome xlviii.;
* Sainte-Beuve, ''Causeries du lundi'' (19 juillet 1858).
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Conrart, Valentin 1603 births 1675 deaths Writers from Paris 17th-century French writers 17th-century French male writers Members of the Académie Française Huguenots