Molière

Molière is the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, a French playwright, actor and poet who lived from 1622 to 1673. He wrote comedies, farces and comédie-ballets, and he is best known for Tartuffe, a satire of religious hypocrisy that drew the anger of the Catholic Church in France. Also among his works is The Misanthrope, another satire.