Molière

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Mo·lière (m

l-yâr

), Jean Baptiste Poquelin 1622-1673.

French playwright whose sophisticated comedies include Tartuffe (1664), The Misanthrope (1666), and The Bourgeois Gentleman (1670).

Molière (French) [mɔljɛr]

(Biographies / Molière (1622-1673) M, French, THEATRE: dramatist) real name Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. 1622-73, French dramatist, regarded as the greatest French writer of comedy. His works include Tartuffe (1664), Le Misanthrope (1666), L'Avare (1668), Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1670), and Le Malade imaginaire (1673)

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