Molière Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière (; ; 15 January 162217 February 1673), was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature. His extant works includes comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language itself is often referred to as the "language of Molière". Born into a prosperous family and having studied at
Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun all of the marine section of the "Illustrated Dictionary" and thematic books such as "The Sea", "The Sea in Nature", and "The Sea and Man" published by Larousse. He produced numerous technical boards, ships' cuts, posters, and engravings on the theme of the sea and navigation. Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun (Marseille, November 3, 1853-Marseille, November 5, 1941) was a French painter, a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Carolus-Duran and Felix Bracquemond. He is especially known for his many marine paintings and a collection of watercolors on dark wash representing orchids. Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun was born in Marseille on November