author
Gilles Corrozet
1510–1568
A lively figure of the French Renaissance, this Paris writer and bookseller helped bring history, poetry, and moral reflection to a wide reading public. His works on Paris and his emblem books show a knack for mixing learning with clear, popular appeal.
1 Audiobook
The Dance of Death
by Gilles Corrozet, Jean de Vauzelles
About the author
Born in Paris in 1510, Gilles Corrozet grew up close to the world of books and went on to become a writer, translator, printer-bookseller, and publisher. He worked at the heart of the Paris book trade, building a career that joined literary ambition with a strong sense of what readers wanted.
He is especially known for La fleur des antiquités of 1532, an early guide to the history and landmarks of Paris, as well as for poetry anthologies, historical compilations, translations, and emblem books. These emblem books, which paired images with short moral or reflective texts, helped make him an important contributor to French Renaissance print culture.
Corrozet died in Paris in 1568. Today he is remembered not just as an author, but as a versatile man of letters who helped shape how books were written, illustrated, and sold in sixteenth-century France.