François Villon
French poet and criminal
- Lived
- 1431–1463
- Country
- France
Updated September 2026
About François Villon
François Villon is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities. Villon wrote about some of these experiences in his poems.
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