French playwright and librettist (1635-1688), considered one of the founders of French opera. His output included 17 tragedies, comedies, poems and epigrams. In 1668, he was appointed by the court at Versailles to produce textsfor court divertissements. From 1671 onwards he worked with Molière and Corneille and was regularly invited to write libretti set to music by Lully.
