Robert Garnier

Robert Garnier
Bornc.1545
La Ferté-Bernard, Pays de la Loire, France
Diedc.1590 (aged c. 45)
Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France
Resting placeChapelle du cimetière du Luart
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • poet
LanguageEarly Modern French
Alma materUniversité de Toulouse
PeriodBefore 1568  1590
Literary movementFrench Renaissance

Robert Garnier (c. 1545 - c. 1590) was a French poet and playwright. His plays are considered the pinnacle of french tragedy during the Renaissance. Strongly marked with echoes of the Wars of Religion, these works exerted a great influence in their time, particularly in the English Renaissance theatre.