François Rabelais

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François Rabelais was a French Renaissance writer, physician, and humanist best known for his satirical and exuberant novels about Gargantua and Pantagruel.

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instanceOf Renaissance humanist ⓘ
human ⓘ
humanist ⓘ
physician ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
burialPlace Paris ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth between 1483 and 1494 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1553 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Montpellier ⓘ
University of Poitiers ⓘ
era French Renaissance ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
familyName Rabelais ⓘ
linked to: François Rabelais
fieldOfWork humanism ⓘ
literature ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
genre comic novel ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName François ⓘ
hasPartInWork Abbey of Thélème ⓘ
character Gargantua ⓘ
character Pantagruel ⓘ
influenced French literature ⓘ
James Joyce ⓘ
Laurence Sterne ⓘ
Mikhail Bakhtin ⓘ
influencedBy Erasmus of Rotterdam ⓘ
linked to: Desiderius Erasmus

classical antiquity ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
mottoAssociated Fay ce que vouldras ⓘ
movement French Renaissance ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
name François Rabelais ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableWork Gargantua ⓘ
Gargantua and Pantagruel ⓘ
Le Cinquième Livre ⓘ
Le Quart Livre ⓘ
Le Tiers Livre ⓘ
Pantagruel ⓘ
notedFor satirical and exuberant novels about Gargantua and Pantagruel ⓘ
occupation monk ⓘ
physician ⓘ
priest ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Touraine ⓘ
near Chinon ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Benedictine Order ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines

Franciscan Order ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Lyon ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
writingStyle grotesque realism ⓘ
learned allusions ⓘ
parody ⓘ

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French Renaissance → notableFigure → François Rabelais ⓘ
Kenzaburō Ōe → influencedBy → François Rabelais ⓘ
University of Poitiers → educated → François Rabelais ⓘ
Middle French → usedBy → François Rabelais ⓘ
François Rabelais → name → François Rabelais ⓘ
François Rabelais → familyName → Rabelais ⓘ
linked to: François Rabelais
French literature → hasNotableAuthor → François Rabelais ⓘ
Thomas Urquhart → translatedAuthor → François Rabelais ⓘ
Meudon → hasNotableResident → François Rabelais (historical association) ⓘ
linked to: François Rabelais
University of Tours → namedAfter → François Rabelais ⓘ
Laurence Sterne → influencedBy → Rabelais ⓘ
linked to: François Rabelais
Early Modern French → associatedWithAuthor → François Rabelais ⓘ
Lucian of Samosata → influenced → Rabelais ⓘ
linked to: François Rabelais
Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty → influencedBy → François Rabelais ⓘ
Gargantua and Pantagruel → author → François Rabelais ⓘ
Gargantua and Pantagruel → notableWorkOf → François Rabelais ⓘ
Gargantua → author → François Rabelais ⓘ
Le Tiers Livre → author → François Rabelais ⓘ
Le Quart Livre → author → François Rabelais ⓘ
Le Cinquième Livre → author → François Rabelais ⓘ
Le Cinquième Livre → attributedTo → François Rabelais ⓘ
Abbey of Thélème → creator → François Rabelais ⓘ
Fay ce que vouldras → associatedWith → François Rabelais ⓘ
Fay ce que vouldras → authorOfWorkWhereAppears → François Rabelais ⓘ
Université de Poitiers → hasNotableAlumnus → François Rabelais ⓘ
Fontenay-le-Comte → historicallyAssociatedWith → François Rabelais ⓘ
Alfred Jarry → influencedBy → François Rabelais ⓘ
University of Tours → namedAfter → François Rabelais ⓘ
subject linked to: UT
François → historicallyBorneBy → François Rabelais ⓘ
Miles Halter → basedOn → Francois Rabelais last words "I go to seek a Great Perhaps" ⓘ
linked to: François Rabelais