b. 1 May 1552. d. 1 January 1560. Nationality: French. VIAF.
Lyric poet. Pseudonym “J. B. D. A.” Founded the poetic movement La Pléiade. Author
of *La Defence et Illustration de la Langue Francoyse* (1549), *Recueil de Poesie*
(1553), *Le Premier Livre des antiquitez de Rome . . . Plus un Songe ou Vision sur
le Mesme Subject* (1558). Biographical Information: *DLB*. (DD)