Joachim du Bellay was a French poet. He was born in 1524 and died in 1560. Known as the French Ovid, he joined Ronsard, Daurat, Jodelle, Belleau, Baif, and De Tisard in forming the 'Pleiad,' a society the object of which was to bring the French language on a level with the classical tongues. Bellay's first contribution was La Defense et Illustration de la Langue Francoise. His chief publications in verse are Recueil de Poesie; a collection of love-sonnets called L'Olive; Les Antiquitez de Rome; Les Regrets; and Les Jeux Rustiques. In 1555 he became canon of Notre Dame, and a short time before his death he was made archbishop of Bordeaux. Spenser translated some of his sonnets into English. Research Joachim du Bellay
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