François Rabelais was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholar, he attracted opposition from both John Calvin and the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Wikipedia
Born: Chinon, France
Died: 1553, Paris, France
Education: University of Montpellier (1537), Université Montpellier, and University of Poitiers
Parents: Antoine Rabelais
Literary movement: Renaissance humanism
Notable works: Gargantua and Pantagruel
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