Joachim du Bellay belongs to the literary record as a writer whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Joachim du Bellay as French writer, poet, literary critic, and member of the Pléiade (1522–1560).
Joachim du Bellay was born at Liré in 1522. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at University of Poitiers.
Printing had made an author reachable by readers who would never meet them, and vernacular languages were displacing Latin.
He worked as writer, poet and literary critic.
The writing is recorded in Latin and Middle French.
Among his best-known works are La Défense et illustration de la langue française, Le fruit noir avec un noyaux and The Regrets. Literature is judged by re-reading, which is a slower and harsher test than acclaim.
That the work was written from France matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Joachim du Bellay died in 1560, aged 38. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: La Défense et illustration de la langue française
- Notable work: Le fruit noir avec un noyaux
- Notable work: The Regrets
