ArtistInfo

Jean Racine

1639-1699 FR, La Ferté-Milon
Spoken Word and Soundtrack
A.k.a. Jean Baptiste Racine

Jean Racine ([ʒɑ̃ ʁasin]), baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine (22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699), was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France (along with Molière and Corneille), and an important literary figure in the Western tradition. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie, although he did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther, for the young.

Genres

• Spoken Word
• Soundtrack
• Classical