Dipsodes rabelais biography

BORN: , Chinon, France

DIED: , Paris, France

NATIONALITY: French

GENRE: Fiction

MAJOR WORKS:
Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes, with His
Heroic Acts and Prowesses ()

The Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua,
Father of Pantagruel ()

Third Book of the Heroic Deeds and Sayings of the
Good Pantagruel ()

Fourth Book of the Heroic Deeds and Sayings of
the Good Pantagruel ()

The Ringing Island ()

Overview

A Renaissance monk, physician, and scholar, François Rabelais is best remembered today for his Gargantua and Pantagruel (–), a multivolume narrative comprising comedy, satire, myth, and humanist philosophy and detailing the epic stories of two giants' upbringing, ribald adventures, and journeys toward self-discovery.

A prominent influence on writers from Laurence Sterne to James Joyce, Rabelais has been described as “the miracle of the sixteenth century” by Anatole France, and is often considered the French equivalent of William Shakesp