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-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny la Porte-Saint-Martin etc. He was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur 4 March 1831. Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny (30 August 1787 – 4 November 1868) was a French playwright, poet, journalist and writer. He studied at Dijon, then moved to Paris to study law. An employee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he became a lawyer after the upheaval of the Imperial Government. An editor in several newspapers, he made his debut at the Théâtre-Français in 1819 with a three-act in verses comedy, "L’École des Exagérés". A managing director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon (1841), his plays