François Villon

Author of The Poems of Francois Villon

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About the Author

Villon is one of the first great French lyric poets and one of the greatest French poets of any age. His "testaments" are mock wills, written in a racy blend of French and underworld slang. Scattered here and there among the ironic items of bequest are exquisite ballads and lyrics, some show more crystallizing classic themes of medieval literature. Villon's poetry uses traditional forms to create a powerful poetic personality during a period in which poetic individualism was rare. Indeed, his exquisite "Ballad of the Hanged Men" ("Ballade des Pendus") (1489) offers one of the most immediate depictions of death in Western poetry. Moreover, his dissolute life, lived among thieves and prostitutes, makes him a prototype of later decadent or bohemian poets. He was at various times arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and nearly put to death; his final sentence was commuted to exile by King Louis XI on accession to the throne, when he declared amnesties of all sorts, according to the usual practice of the time. It is not known how Villon spent his last years, after his release from prison. Villon's poetry has been translated by Rossetti (see Vol. 1), Synge (see Vol. 1), and Swinburne (see Vol. 1). (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Villon, F. Villon, Villon-Dubout, Fancois Villon, Francois Villon, Francois Villon, Farncois Villon, François Villon, Françoys Villon, François Villon, Villon François, François Villon, Villon François, François Villon, b. 1431 François Villon, Франсуа Вийон, François de Montcorbier Villon, Dichter François Villon, Frankreich, John Heron Trans Francois) Lepper Villon, Villon François und Hans C. Artmann, editor & translator G.P. CUTTINO, Francois Villon, François Villon, c. 1431-1463 [Signed by Illustrator]

Disambiguation Notice:

real name either Francois de Montcorbier or Francois de Loges. He was baptized with both names after the two french countrysides his parents came from. He was raised by his uncle Guillaume de Villon in Paris and toke his name to express his gratitude.

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Works by François Villon

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The Poems of Francois Villon (1960) — Author — 1,054 copies

The Testaments of François Villon (1456) 79 copies

Villon: Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) (1978) 62 copies

Le Grand Testament (1960) — Author — 51 copies

Francois Villon's The Legacy & The Testament (2000) 23 copies

The Lyrical Poems of Francois Villon (1979) 22 copies

The Testament and Other Poems (Alma Classics) (2013) 18 copies

François Villon balladái (1993) 16 copies

Poesies Choisies (1934) 16 copies

Villon (1940) 15 copies

Françoys Villon 1431-1463 (1998) 15 copies

The Lyrics of Francois Villon (1933) 12 copies

Lascito. Testamento e poesie diverse. Testo originale a fronte (1990) 11 copies

Die Lebensbeichte des Francois Villon (1976) 11 copies

Die sehr respektlosen Lieder des Francois Villon (1956) 10 copies

Villon balladái Faludy György átköltésében 10 copies

Ballate e lasse (1993) 9 copies

Poésies (1985) 8 copies

Villon vervolgd. Bargoense en apocriefe verzen van François Villon, Nederlands van Ernst van Altena (1985) 8 copies

Os Testamentos de François Villon e algumas baladas mais (1997) 7 copies

Le Testament et Poesies Diverses (1967) 7 copies

Já, François Villon (2005) 7 copies

Det stora testamentet och andra ballader (1461) 7 copies

Testamentet ; og Spredte ballader (1994) 7 copies

Le Lais - Le Testament - Poésies diverses - Les Ballades en jargon, édition bilingue français/ancien français (2004) 5 copies

Obra Poetica (Spanish Edition) (2000) 5 copies

Básně (1995) 5 copies

Francois Villon (1958) 5 copies

Poesía (1983) 4 copies

IL TESTAMENTO E LA BALLATA DEGLI IMPICCATI BRANI SCELTI (2010) 4 copies

Ik ben François wiens naam zo bont is…, balladen (1986) 4 copies

Poemas de François Villon (1977) 4 copies

Legacy, the Testament and Other Poems (1973) 4 copies

Oeuvres complètes de François Villon Suivies d'un choix des poésies de ses disciples (French Edition) (2011) 4 copies

Die lasterhaften Balladen und Lieder des Francois Villon - Nachdichtung: Paul Zech (2018) 4 copies

I Laugh Through Tears: The Ballades of François Villon (1955) 4 copies

Lieder und Balladen, ins Deutsche übertragen und mit einem Nachwort. (2001) 4 copies

The Poems of François Villon. Translated by H. B. McCaskie. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Fr. & Eng 3 copies

The Testament of Francois Villon 3 copies

Stora testamentet 3 copies

ballades & lyrics of francois villon (1943) 3 copies

Balada dos enforcados e outros poemas 3 copies

L oeuvre complète de François Villon (1982) 3 copies

Ballades en argot homosexuel (2021) 3 copies

Poesia 3 copies

Complete Works 3 copies

El Legado y el Testamento (2002) 3 copies

Paris sans fin (2005) 3 copies

Poesía (1984) 3 copies

ŒUVRES POETIQUES (1966) 3 copies

François Villon versei (1983) 3 copies

Villon 3 copies

Ballate. Illustrazioni di Moebius (1995) 3 copies

Veľký testament 2 copies

Pieśń O Rolandzie / Dzieje Tristana I Izoldy / Wielki Testament (1998) — Author — 2 copies

Poems of Francois Villon, including "The Testament" (First American Edition) 2 copies

Gedichten 2 copies

Sämtliche Dichtungen. Französisch und dDeutsch. Übertr. von Walther Küchler. Hrsg. u. neu bearb.… (1976) 2 copies

Poems of Francois Villon, including "The Testament" (First American Edition) (1966) 2 copies

Oeuvre Complete (Jannet, ed.) 2 copies

Kinski spricht Villon. CD: Kinski spricht Werke der Weltliteratur (2003) 2 copies

Poesies Completes Edition Etablie, Presentee Et Annotee Par Robert Guiette (1964) 2 copies

François Villon. Oeuvres. Préface, gloses et notices sur tous les personnages cités et sur les… (1959) 2 copies

François Villon. Oeuvres : . Le Lais. Le Testament. Les Ballades. Préface de René Lacôte (1968) 2 copies

ŒUVRES POÉTIQUES TOME II POÉSIES DIVERSES (1974) 2 copies

Eine Auslese der köstlichsten Liebesgedichte 2 copies

Soife mortas mi: kvar baladoj 2 copies

Les deux testaments et les ballades de Maistre Françoys Villon (1925) 2 copies

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Colloque international (French Edition) (1987) 2 copies

J'entr'oubliay (2006) 2 copies

Ballate del tempo che se ne andò. Poesie scelte. Testo francese a fronte (2008) 2 copies

François Villon (1958) 2 copies

The book of Franc̜ois Villon : the little testament and ballads translated into English verse 2 copies

Poésies diverses (2011) 2 copies

Das große Testament (1992) 2 copies

El Legado de François Fillon / Epístola a mis amigos / Balada de las cosas chicas 1 copy

Oeuvres/The Complete works of François Villon 1 copy

Lais 1 copy

Po�sie Compl�te 1 copy

Rinktinė poezija: originalai ir vertimas iš senosios prancūzų kalbos 1 copy

Les oeuvres de Francois Villon: Poesies 1 copy

Les Balades : (balades del testament, poesies diverses i balades en argot) (2010) 1 copy

Oeuvres poétiques de François Villon Tomes I et II (2 volumes)- Les testaments-Poésies diverses‎ 1 copy

Die lasterhaften Lieder 1 copy

Poesies Choisies 1 copy

Poesies Completes 1 copy

Balladen van Villon 1 copy

Œuvres Complètes. (1951) 1 copy

Полное собрание поэтических сочинений [Пер. с фр.] (1998) 1 copy

Предуказания. Завещение. (1995) 1 copy

The poems of François Villon: Translated by H. de Vere Stacpoole (2014) 1 copy

Вийон и вийонады: Французская лирика и сатира XV века 1 copy

Poes 1 copy

Le Testament Villon I: Texte 1 copy

Gedichten frans en nederlands 1 copy

The Legacy and other Poems 1 copy

Oeuvres, précédées d'une notice et suivies d'un glossaire 1 copy

Poésies choisies / Villon-Marot / Réf: 20224 (1934) 1 copy

Il testamento e la ballata degli impiccati: brani scelti 1 copy

Balladen — Author — 1 copy

Poésies - édition bilingue (2020) 1 copy

Il testamento e altre poesie (2015) 1 copy

OEUVRES COMPLETES (1987) 1 copy

François Villon balladái (2020) 1 copy

Le lais ou le petit testament-Il lascito o il piccolo testamento. Ediz. bilingue (2010) 1 copy

Poésies choisies / Villon, François / Réf42029 (1960) 1 copy

Poèsies Ballades, Louis Lambert et Seraphita, Oeuvres, les Fleurs du mal 1 copy

François Villon . Un tableau synoptique de la vie et des oeuvres de Villon et des événements... du… 1 copy

Testamentos 1 copy

Oeuvres. [Préface, gloses et notices par André Mary.] 1 copy

Dielo 1 copy

The Last Ballad 1 copy

La balada de los ahorcados, o Epitafio Villon 1 copy

Poesies de Francois Villon, Charles d'Orleans, Henri Baude 1 copy

Oeuvres de François Villon, publiées avec une introduction, par Auguste Longnon 1 copy

Die lasterhaften Balladen und Lieder 1 copy

Françoise Villon 1 copy

Faludy/Villon : François Villon balladái Faludy György átköltésében : megáldva és leköpve mindenütt (2020) 1 copy

Le Grand Testament 1 copy

Villon, Poésies, Edition Présentée, Etablie et Annotée par Pierre Michel, Préfaces… (1972) 1 copy

Het testament van Villon 1 copy

Les onze ballades du jargon et jobelin 1 copy

VILLON textes choisis par Pierre Emmanuel 1 copy

Le Lais (French Edition) 1 copy

OEUVRES COMPLETES. Publiées avec une étude sur Villon, des notes, la liste des personnages historiques et… (1879) 1 copy

Le lais, le testament et les ballades — Author — 1 copy

Francois villon oeuvres Poetiques (1965) 1 copy

Gedichten frans en nederlands 1 copy

Testamento (2000) 1 copy

Het grote testament 1 copy

Sämtliche Dichtungen französisch und deutsch 1 copy

Ballate 1 copy

Françoys Vilon - gedichten 1 copy

Ballades (2004) — Author — 1 copy

Les oeuvres de François Villon (préfacées par Roger H.Guerrand et accompagnées… 1 copy

Ballader og andre Vers. 1 copy

Oeuvres - Edition André Mary 1 copy

Store testament 1 copy

Die lasterhaften Balladen und Lieder des Francois Villon Nachdichtung von Paul Zech 1 copy

Le lais Villon et les poèmes variés 1 copy

Poems of Francois Villon : including 'The Testament' 1 copy

Oeuvres complètes de François Villon. Édition accompagnée d'une préface d'un glossaire et de notes par M. Pierre… 1 copy

Verzamelde gedichten Francois Villon 1 copy

Oeuvres de maistre François Villon: Éd. collationnée d'après les meilleurs textes 1 copy

"The Testament" 1 copy

Francois Villon összes versei 1 copy

Poésies choisies 1 copy

Villon Ballades (1946) 1 copy

Oeuvres Completes De Francois Villon (1867) 1 copy

Francois Villon versei 1 copy

L'Oeuvre de François Villon (1952) 1 copy

Ten poems 1 copy

Poésies choisies 1 copy

Ouvres 1 copy

A nagy testamentum 1 copy

The poems of François Villon French-English Edition 1 copy

Le Laie, le Testament et les ballades 1 copy

:Villon testateur-Presses de l'Université de Montréal (1980) 1 copy

Poésies complètes (1964) 1 copy

FRANCOIS VILLON//OEUVRES POETIQUES//TEXTE ETABLI ET ANNOTE PAR ANDRE MARY//CHRONOLOGIE,PREFACE ET INDEX PAR DANIEL… (1965) 1 copy

Oeuvres complètes. Les Lais, le testament, poésies diverses, le jargon 1 copy

Oeuvres complètes de François Villon : publiées avec une étude sur Villon, des notes, la liste des personnages… 1 copy

Villon oeuvres 1 copy

Ballads Done Into English from the French of Francois Villon (1916) 1 copy

Franscois Villon balladái Faludy György átköltéséban (1988) 1 copy

Lyrics of Francois Villon (1933) 1 copy

A Nagy Testamentum. Balladák 1 copy

Nagy testámentuma 2. kiadás 1 copy

The Jargon of Master Francois Villon, Clerk of Paris A. D. MCCCCLII & Being Seven Ballads from the Thieves' Argot… (1918) 1 copy

Ballades 1 copy

Balladen 1 copy

The Poetry of Francois Villon 1 copy

The lyrics of François Villon 1 copy

Poésies (1981) 1 copy

POEMES (1992) 1 copy

Complete Poems, E5 1 copy

Rinktinė poezija (1999) 1 copy

Les Ballades de Maistre Francois Villon 1 copy

Les deux testaments et les ballades de Maistre Françoys Villon 1 copy

Poesia 1 copy

Il testamento e la ballata degli impiccati 1 copy

Art: and How to Study It 1 copy

Csavargó énekek Villon balladái és versei (1993) 1 copy

Oeuvres: Le lais, Le testament, Poésies diverses = Obras: El legado, El testamento, Poésias diversas (1981) 1 copy

Ballads Done Into English From the French of Francois Villon (2018) 1 copy

Œuvres, précédées d'une notice et suivies d'un glossaire. (1957) 1 copy

Šibeničník : souborné zprac. básnického díla F. Villona 1 copy

Villon 1 copy

The Poems of Francois Villon, Modern Library # 58 (1920) 1 copy

I Laugh through Tears. The Ballades of Francois Villon. Translated by G. P. Cuttino (1955) 1 copy

Poesie... 1 copy

Opere (1988) 1 copy

Autres poesies de maistre Francois Villon et de son ecole 1 copy

The Complete Poems of Francois Villon 1 copy

Le Grant Testament Villon et le Petit. Son Codicille. Le Jargon et ses Balades 1 copy

Selections from The Testement 1 copy

The legacy, and other poems 1 copy

Seeven poems o Maister Francis Villon, made owre intil scots bi Tom Scott 1 copy

LasterLieder 1 copy

Villon 1 copy

I rimpianti della bella Elmiera 1 copy

Gedichten van Maistre Françoys Villon : proeve van vertaling 1 copy

Poesies choisies : avec une notice biographique, ...par Adrien Cart et Mlle Duchemin 1 copy

OEUVRES COMPLETES DE FRACOIS VILLON (2011) 1 copy

Dielo 1 copy

Poems 1 copy

Ten poems 1 copy

Poésies Diverses (French Edition) (2009) 1 copy

Le Lais ; Le testament ; et Les ballades 1 copy

Dichtungen (1963) 1 copy

Balady (2007) 1 copy

Le poesie di F. V. 1 copy

ll testamento di Francois Villon: prima traduzione italiana 1 copy

Poesia (1996) 1 copy

Wielki testament 1 copy

The poems of Master François Villon of Paris, now first done into English verse in the original forms 1 copy

Ve¾ký testament 1 copy

Œuvres 1 copy

The Poems Of Master François Villon Of Paris (2015) 1 copy

Selected poems / François Villon ; tr. by Peter Dale 1 copy

Poésies / François Villon. Préface de Tristan Tzara. Commentaires et notes de Pierre Savinel. =… 1 copy

Poésie. François Villon (2017) 1 copy

Das kleine und das große Testament (2010) 1 copy

Paul Valéry 1 copy

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World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contributor — 447 copies

The Graphic Canon, Vol. 1: From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons (2012) — Contributor — 280 copies

The Ribald Reader: 2000 Years of Lusty Love and Laughter (1906) — Contributor — 17 copies

Oogst der tĳden : keur uit de werken van schrĳvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies

Men and Women: The Poetry of Love (1970) — Contributor — 8 copies

Pierre Guiraud. Le Jargon de Villon ou le Gai savoir de la Coquille (1968) — Contributor — 6 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Villon, François
Legal name: de Montcorbier, François ()
de Loges, François ()
Des Loges de Montcorbier, François
Birthdate: 1431
Date of death: 1463 (circa)
Gender: male
Nationality: France
Birthplace: Paris, France
Places of residence: Paris, France
Education: University of Paris
Occupations: poet
thief
highwayman
Disambiguation notice: real name either Francois de Montcorbier or Francois de Loges.
He was baptized with both names after the two french countrysides his parents came from.
He was raised by his uncle Guillaume de Villon in Paris and toke his name to express his gratitude.

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Poesia by Francois Villon

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archivomorero | 6 other reviews | May 21, 2023 |

Poésies / François Villon. Pr&… by François Villon

Running title: Oeuvres Completes.

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ME_Dictionary | Mar 20, 2020 |

The Poems of Master François Villon of Paris by François Villon

This was a decent collection of poems by the famed, and elusive, poet of Francois Villon. These are interesting, and the form is fairly consistent throughout the duration of his poems. It's an interesting type of poetry and the form is complex and, I imagine, elusive to capture through translation. Nonetheless, it was definitely worth reading.

3.25 stars.

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DanielSTJ | Feb 10, 2020 |

The testaments of François Villon by François Villon

Da vida deste grande poeta não sabemos muito. As únicas fontes são a sua obra literária muito autobiográfica e um punhado de documentos legais relativos ao seu julgamento. Este "bad boy" do século XV, cantado por Georges Brassens, foi um personagem singular que levou uma vida tumultuada e, sem dúvida, chateou os outros no seu tempo. "O Testamento" é sem dúvida uma das obrs máximas da poesia narrativa.

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