Died 1599 | ||
Loÿs Papon (1533–1599) was a 16th-century French playwright born in Montbrison in the Forez province.
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The son of Jean Papon, lieutenant general of the bailiffs of Forez, he was a devout Catholic, a canon at Notre-Dame d'Espérance of Montbrison, then abbot of Marcilly. He animated a small literary circle, sometimes in the Goutelas castle inherited from his father, sometimes at the château de la Bastie d'Urfé.
We still have a dictatic poem from him, Traité des ris, a Epistre à Tres Illustre Princesse Loyse, Reyne de France, and tragedies, in particular La Pastorelle, politico-religious spectacle which was presented 27 February 1588 in Montbrison and is considered the first French opera.
He served as model for the druid Adamas in L'Astrée.
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