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French poet and critic (1636–1711)
Also known as: Nicolas Boileau, Boileau, Никола Буало, نيكولا بوالو, 니콜라 부알로 데스프로, ニコラ・ボアロー＝デプレオー
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Earlier French verse satires in the Horatian-Juvenalian tradition that Boileau refined. (AI reason)
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