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Bénigne Poissenot
Bénigne Poissenot
was a
French writer
of the
Renaissance
, known for two collections of
short stories
.
Biography
He was
born
in
Langres
. Few
details
are known of his
life
.
Works
L'Esté contenant trois journées
ou
sont deduictes plusieurs histoires
et
propos recréantifs tenus
par
trois écoliers
: a
frame tale
narrating
several
stories
and
anecdotes
by three
wandering
students
.
Nouvelles
histoires tragiques
: a
collection
of
tragic
stories in the
vogue
of the tragic
tales of
Bandello
and other "histoires tragiques" in the period.
a
Latin
translation of Pierre Boaistuau's
Bref
Discours
.