François Rabelais
c. 1494–1553
French Renaissance satirist of Gargantua and Pantagruel.
François Rabelais (c. 1494–1553) was a writer, born in Seuilly and died in Paris.
- Known as
- Writer
- Category
- Writers
- Born
- c. 1494, Seuilly
- Died
- 1553, Paris
Alive at the same time as François Rabelais
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Portrait: anonymous / Unidentified painter, Public domain.
