Nicola Rapien (1535, Fontenay-le-Comte - February 16, 1608, Poitiers) - French poet , one of the authors of the famous Menippean Satire .
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Biography
He came from a rich family, had a legal education. Until 1568 engaged in advocacy. In 1569, he was elected mayor of his native city, but on the same day the city was in the hands of Protestants, and Rapen, who was sentenced to death, was forced to flee the city. He participated in the defense of Poitiers from the Huguenots, after writing an elegy in memory of the Catholics who perished in this event, met King Charles IX. December 30, 1570 became an assessor in Fontenay. For another poem written in 1575, in 1576 he was appointed deputy seneschal in Nizhny Poitou, executing many criminals in this position. In 1579 he was called to Paris, at the same time he was declared the winner in a curious poetic contest known as “La puce de m-elle des Roches”. He became friends with Jacques-Augus de Tu, became president of Orly, and in 1586 was appointed lieutenant of the courtyard and Prevo Contable.
In the generals of the state of Blois, he advocated the monarchy; entered into conflict with the League, glorifying in his elegies the victories of the royal army. He faithfully served Henry III, to the camp of which he fled from Paris (being among those who called for Heinrich of Navarre to come to his aid in the fight against the League), he served as the chief of the army of Poitou in 1589. After killing the king, he fought in the battle of Ark, then took the side of Henry IV. He distinguished himself in many battles, especially under Ivri, having received the nobility for his bravery in October 1590. Then some time he served in the tax department, in 1594 he was appointed general provost. After the murder of Jean Chatel confronted the Jesuits. On January 1, 1605, he retired and settled in his castle in Fontenay. At the end of 1607 he went to Poitiers, where he died.
He was the author of the three best places of satire, directed against the leaders of the League. He also wrote elegy, epigram, ode, imitation of psalms, satire, in Latin and in French. His writings are collected under the name "Oeuvres latines et françoises de N. Rapin" (Paris, 1620). In his French poems, Rapin tried in vain to introduce tonic poems without rhyme into French poetry.
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- B BNF ID : Open Data Platform - 2011.
Literature
- Rapen, Nikola // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
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- Biography (English)