What is Pierre Corneille?
[[Image:Pierre Corneille.jpg|thumb|right|Pierre Corneille.]] '''Pierre Corneille''' (6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a [[France|French]] [[playwright]]. He is one of the most famous [[17th century]] French [[dramatist]]s. Some others are [[Molière]] and [[Jean Racine|Racine]]. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced [[Play (theatre)|plays]] for nearly forty years. ==Works== * ''[[Mélite]]'' (1629) * ''[[Clitandre]]'' (1630–31) * ''[[la Veuve (play)|la Veuve]]'' (1631) * ''[[la Galerie du Palais]]'' (1631–32) * ''[[La Place royale]]'' (1633–34) * ''[[l'Illusion comique]]'' (1636) * ''[[Médée (Corneille)|Médée]]'' (1635) * ''[[le Cid]]'' (1637) * ''[[Horace (play)|Horace]]'' (1640) * ''[[Cinna (play)|Cinna]]'' (1641) * ''[[Polyeucte]]'' (1642) * ''[[La Mort de Pompée]]'' (1643) * ''[[Le Menteur]]'' (1643) * ''[[Rodogune]]'' (1644) * ''[[Héraclius]]'' (1647) * ''[[Don Sanche d'Aragon]]'' (1650) * ''[[Andromède]]'', (1650) * ''[[Nicomède]]'', (1651) * ''[[Pertharite]]'', (1651) * ''[[l'Imitation de Jésus-Christ]]'' (1656) * ''[[Oedipe (Corneille)|Oedipe]]'' (1659) * ''[[Trois Discours sur le poème dramatique]]'' (1660) * ''[[La Toison d'or]]'' (1660) * ''[[Sertorius (play)|Sertorius]]'' (1662) * ''[[Othon]]'' (1664) * ''[[Agésilas]]'' (1666) * ''[[Attila (play)|Attila]]'' (1667) * ''[[Tite et Bérénice]]'' (1670) * ''[[Psyché (play)|Psyché]]'' (w/ [[Molière]] and [[Philippe Quinault]],1671) * ''[[Suréna]]'' (1674) {{DEFAULTSORT:Corneille, Pierre}} [[Category:1606 births]] [[Category:1684 deaths]] {{bio-stub}} [[Category:French playwrights]]