Jean Racine

(16391699)

Jean-Baptiste Racine

Works:

Athaliah (English)

De Pleiters (Dutch)

Esther (English)

Esther (French)

Mithridate (French)

Phaedra (English)

Phaidra (Finnish)

Racine in Art:

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867)
L’apothéose d’Homère
1827
Musée du LouvreParis

 

Born December 22 1639 La Ferté-Milon (France)
Died April 21 1699 Paris (France)
Cause of death Cancer (liver)
Occupation Historiographer Playwright
Occupation Poet Writer