François Rabelais

François Rabelais was a French writer of the Renaissance Era. His most famous work is the set of 5 novels, Gargantua and Pantagruel, published from 1532 to 1564.

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• Lifetime: c. 1490 • early 1553
• Main genre: Satire
• Literary movement: Humanism, The Renaissance
• Mid-2026 popularity rank: --

"A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit."