author
Gilles Corrozet
1510–1568
A lively figure of the French Renaissance, he wrote, translated, printed, and sold books in Paris, helping bring history, poetry, and moral literature to a wide reading public. He is especially remembered for popular guidebooks to Paris and for emblem books that paired short texts with striking images.
1 Audiobook
The Dance of Death
by Gilles Corrozet, Jean de Vauzelles
About the author
Born in Paris in 1510, Gilles Corrozet was a French writer, translator, printer, and bookseller whose career blended literary work with the world of publishing. Sources agree that he was active in Paris throughout the Renaissance and that he became known both for his own writing and for the many books he helped put into readers’ hands.
His work ranged widely. He published guidebooks and historical works about Paris, including La Fleur des antiquitez... de Paris, and he was also known for poetry anthologies, translated verse, and emblem books built around proverbs and moral reflections. That mix of literary ambition and practical bookselling made him a notable go-between in 16th-century French print culture.
Corrozet died in Paris in 1568. Even today, he stands out as one of those Renaissance figures who did not fit neatly into a single role: he was at once an author, a maker of books, and a sharp observer of the city and reading culture around him.