Jean Racine (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʁasin]), baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine (22 December 1639 – 21 Aprile 1699), wis a French dramatist, ane of the three great playwrichts o 17t-century Fraunce (alang wi Molière an Corneille), an an important leeterary figur in the Wastren tradeetion.
| Jean Racine | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | Jean-Baptiste Racine 22 December 1639 La Ferté-Milon, Fraunce |
| Dee'd | 21 Apryle 1699 (aged 59) Paris, Fraunce |
| Thrift | Dramatist |
| Ceetizenship | French |
| Period | Seiventeent century |
| Genre | Tragedy (primarily), comedy |
| Leeterar muivement | Clessicalism, Jansenism |
| Notable warks | Andromaque, Phèdre, Athalie |
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