Molière

モリエール　/　もりえーる

American playwright

January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673　・　Paris, France

playwright
stage actor
poet

My Take

Molière is one of those rare figures who managed to be genuinely dangerous with a quill — he didn't just write comedies, he weaponized laughter against hypocrisy, religious fraud, and social pretension in ways that got him in real trouble with real powerful people. Tartuffe was literally banned by the king for years because it hit too close to home, and The Misanthrope still reads like it was written last Tuesday. What kills me is that he died the way he lived — on stage, performing The Imaginary Invalid, a play about a hypochondriac, hours before his actual death. You genuinely cannot script that kind of irony. Four hundred years on, theater companies everywhere still open with his work, and that's the only award that actually matters.

Overview

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist pɔklɛ̃]; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (UK: , US: ; French: [mɔljɛʁ] ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more.

1. Profile

Name (English): Molière
Name (Japanese): モリエール
Reading: もりえーる
Born: January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Dog
Origin: Paris, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: playwright / stage actor / poet / satirist / theatre director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Old University of Orléans

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	Scapin the Schemer	—
Notable work	Le Bourgeois gentilhomme	—
Notable work	The Imaginary Invalid	—
Notable work	The Misanthrope	—
Notable work	Tartuffe	—
Notable work	Don Juan	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB