Pierre de Larivey

Pierre de Larivey (born c. 1540, Champagne, Fr.—died Feb. 12, 1619, Troyes) was the chief French comic dramatist of the 16th century, whose free translations of Italian comedy provided material for Molière and others. Larivey’s surname was gallicized from his original Italian family name, Giunti (The Arrived), to a variation of the translation of it, L’Arrivé. He lived in Paris, then returned to his native Troyes to become canon and there compiled almanacs and books...