{{Short description|French poet}} {{Infobox writer | embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Alexander of Paris | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = Alexander of Bernay | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = [[Bernay, Eure]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Poet | language = French | residence = | nationality = Norman | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | home_town = | period = 12th century | genre = <!-- or: | genres = --> | subject = [[Alexander the Great]] | movement = | notableworks = [[Li romans d'Alexandre]] | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} --> | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc.; or omit --> }}

'''Alexander of Paris''', also known as '''Alexander of Bernay''', was a [[Normans|Norman]] [[poet]] of the 12th century, who wrote ''[[Li romans d'Alexandre]]'', one of the first poems written in [[French language|French]] on the mythical exploits of [[Alexander the Great]]. It was composed in twelve-syllable lines, named [[French alexandrine|alexandrine]]s after this work (or possible after him). His work is notable for its portrayal of Alexander the Great as not merely a divine figure, and it inspired a series of subsequent texts that served to vernacularize Alexander the Great within the context of Medieval Europe.<ref>King's College London: [https://medievalfrancophone.ac.uk/textual-traditions-and-segments/alexandre/ ''Medieval Francophone Literary Culture Outside France'']</ref> He was born in [[Bernay, Eure]].<ref>Gert Pinkernell: [http://www.gert-pinkernell.de/romanistikstudium/einfuehr.htm ''Merkblätter zur Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft (Französisch), Wuppertal 2002''].</ref>

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