Amadis Jamyn

French poet
French and Francophone literature
by category
History
  • Medieval
  • Renaissance
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th century
  • Contemporary
Movements
  • Précieuses
  • Classicism
  • Rococo
  • Decadent
  • Parnassianism
  • Symbolism
  • Nouveau roman
Writers
  • Chronological list
  • Writers by category
  • Essayists
  • Novelists
  • Playwrights
  • Poets
  • Short story writers
  • Children's writers
Countries and regions
Portals
  • France
  • Literature
  • v
  • t
  • e

Amadis Jamyn (1540 – 1593) was a French poet, a friend of Ronsard.[1][2][3]

Born in Chaource near Troyes, he is known mostly for his love poems, but was also a good Greek scholar (he translated Homer).

Main works

Oeuvre Poétiques:

  • Dialogue
  • Elégie
  • Épitaphe
  • Stances de l'impossible

References

  1. ^ "Amadis Jamyn". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  2. ^ Graur, Théodosia (1981). Un disciple de Ronsard, Amadis Jamyn, (1540?-1593): sa vie, son œuvre, son temps (in French). Honoré Champion.
  3. ^ Carrington, Samuel M. (1967). "Ronsard's Corydon and Amadis Jamyn". Romance Notes. 9 (1): 107–112. ISSN 0035-7995. JSTOR 43800356.

External links

  • Jamyn's Poems in French
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • FAST
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
  • WorldCat
National
  • France
  • BnF data
  • Germany
  • Israel
  • Belgium
  • United States
  • Czech Republic
  • Netherlands
  • Vatican
Artists
  • MusicBrainz
Other
  • RISM
  • IdRef


Flag of FranceBiography icon

This article about a poet from France is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e