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Villon, François

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Villon, François (1430–63?) French lyric poet, b. François de Montcorbier or François des Loges. He led a troubled life after killing a priest in 1455. Villon wrote the famous Ballad of a Hanged Man while awaiting execution in 1462 (the sentence was later commuted to banishment). Among his other major works are Le Petit Testament (1456), a satirical will in verse, and Le GrandTestament (1461), in part a lament for lost youth.

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