Rabelais, François

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Rabelais, François (1494–1553) French humanist and satirist. Rabelais is famed for his classic series of satires, now known collectively as Gargantua and Pantagruel. The series itself consists of Pantagruel (1532), Gargantua (1534), Le Tiers Livre (1546), Le Quart Livre (1552) and Le Cinquième Livre (1564). Although condemned as obscene by theologians and the Sorbonne, Paris, the books became widely popular.

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