Surname: Du Bellay Forename(s): Joachim 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)