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<p><b>Joachim du Bellay</b> (;  &ndash; 1 January 1560) was a French <a href="page.php?w=poet">poet</a>, <a href="page.php?w=critic">critic</a>, and a founder of <a href="page.php?w=La_Pl%C3%A9iade">La Pléiade</a>. He notably wrote the manifesto of the group: <a href="page.php?w=La_D%C3%A9fense_et_illustration_de_la_langue_fran%C3%A7aise">Défense et illustration de la langue française</a>, which aimed at promoting French as an artistic language, equal to Greek and Latin.</p>

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