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When was Pierre Corneille born?

  • 6 June 1606

  • 6 June 1609

  • 6 June 1600

  • 6 June 1603

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Pierre Corneille was born on 6 June 1606 in Rouen, Normandy. He was a French dramatist and poet, one of the most important playwrights of the French Classical period. Corneille is credited with establishing the French neoclassical style and is considered one of the founders of French tragedy.
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