Benserade, Isaac de
(1613–1691)> WRITER
Benserade, Isaac de (1613, Normandy; 20 October 1691, Gentilly), writer, was considered one of the greatest poets of his time by his contemporaries, and he was favored by nobles and king alike at Versailles. His verse employed all the usual poetic forms of the post-Malherbe period, but Benserade is remembered almost exclusively as the author of the court ballets in which youthful Louis XIV danced. Lully incorporated his work into Les Festes de l’Amour et de Bacchus and adapted part of his Le…