Jean Racine

Jean Racine was a 17th-century French dramatist, considered one of the three great playwrights of his era alongside Molière and Corneille. He is renowned as the greatest French tragic dramatist and a master of the French classical tragedy, with a strong influence from Jansenism shaping his portrayal of human passions. Racine held the post of secretary to the king and was an important literary figure in the Western tradition.