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Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
Corneille, Pierre (kor-nay”). A French dramatist, born at Rouen, June 6, 1606; died in Paris, Sept. 30, 1684. His works comprise: ‘Mélite’; ‘Clitandre’ (1632); ‘The Widow’; ‘The Gallery of the Palace’; ‘The Lady’s Maid’; ‘The Palais Royal’; ‘Medea’ (1634–35); ‘The Dramatic Illusion’ (1635?); ‘The Cid’ (1636); ‘Horace’ (1640); ‘Cinna’ (1640–41); ‘Polyeucte’ (1643); ‘Pompey’ (1643–44); ‘The Liar’ (1644); ‘The Sequel to the Liar’ (1645); ‘Rodogune’ (1645); ‘Theodore’ (1646); ‘Heraclius’ (1647); ‘Don Sancho’ (1649); ‘Attila’ (1667); and many more. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).