Voiture

Voiture, VINCENT, poet and letter-writer, was born at Amiens in 1598. He enjoyed the favour of the Duke of Orleans, Richelieu, and the king, and died 26th May 1648. His brilliant sonnets and vers de société were the delight of the salons during his lifetime, but were unpublished till after his death; his letters are as perfect in their way as those of Balzac. The first edition of his Œuvres appeared in 1650; later editions are those of Ubicini (1855) and Roux (1856); and Uzanne edited the letters in 1880.