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'''Odet de Turnèbe''' (23 October 1552 – 20 July 1581) was a [[French people|French]] dramatist.

==Biography==
Odet de Turnèbe was born in [[Paris]] to Greek scholar [[Adrien Turnèbe]]. He received a solid education and was known, from an early age, for his intelligence and wit. After having served as a lawyer in the [[Parlement]] of Paris, he was chosen to become first president of the ''[[Cour des monnaies]]'', but he succumbed to a fever and died at the age of 28.

==Works==
He wrote a comedy in prose, ''Les Contents'' (written c. 1580, published after his death) which was largely inspired (like the works of his contemporary [[Pierre de Larivey]]) by contemporary Italian comedy. Turnèbe also wrote three [[Petrarch]]ian sonnets (the first in French, the second in Italian and the third in Spanish), a poem entitled ''La Puce'' (using a Latinized version of his name: Odet de Tournebu) and twelve sonnets entitled ''Sonets sur les ruines de Luzignan'' addressed to [[Catherine Des Roches]] (with whom he declared himself in love).

==References==
*''Les Conten[t]s'' - critical edition edited by Norman B. Spector, Paris, Didier, 1961

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