Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (born 1594)

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

French writer of epistolary essays

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac was a French author in Baroque Précieuses style, best known for his epistolary essays, which were widely circulated and read in his day. He was one of the founding members of the Académie française.