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Also Known As Jean-Baptiste Racine
Baptized December 22, 1639
Died April 21, 1699 • Paris • France
Notable Works letter • “Alexander the Great” • “Andromaque” • “Athalie” • “Bajazet” • “Bérénice” • “Britannicus” • “Esther” • “Iphigénie” • “Les Plaideurs” • “Lettre à l’auteur des Hérésies imaginaires et des deux visionnaires” • “Mithridate” • “Phèdre” • “The Fatal Legacy, a Tragedy”

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