Molière Sagnier. 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
Jean-Baptiste de Milcent in 1795. Familiar with Diderot, d’Alembert and Marie-Thérèse Geoffrin, he composed lyrical tragedies, some of which, such as "Les Deux Statues", had a great success.. He was a member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen. Jean-Baptiste de Milcent Jean-Baptiste Gabriel Marie de Milcent (28 June 1747, Paris 1833, Paris) was a French playwright and journalist. Raised by the Jesuits, he directed the "Journal d'agriculture" for twenty years. On 5 January 1785, he established the "Journal ou Annales de Normandie", biweekly until 30 Decembre 1789, which he renamed the "Journal de Normandie, ou de Rouen" 18 June