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'''Amadis Jamyn''' (1540 – 1593) was a French poet, a friend of Ronsard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amadis Jamyn |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100017264 |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Oxford Reference |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Graur |first=Théodosia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=514dcFJ7Cx4C |title=Un disciple de Ronsard, Amadis Jamyn, (1540?-1593): sa vie, son œuvre, son temps |date=1981 |publisher=Honoré Champion |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Carrington |first=Samuel M. |date=1967 |title=Ronsard's Corydon and Amadis Jamyn |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43800356 |journal=Romance Notes |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=107–112 |jstor=43800356 |issn=0035-7995}}</ref>
Born in Chaource near Troyes, he is known mostly for his love poems, but was also a good Greek scholar (he translated Homer).
== Main works == Oeuvre Poétiques: *Dialogue *Elégie *Épitaphe *Stances de l'impossible
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050905065821/http://poesie.webnet.fr/auteurs/jamyn.html Jamyn's Poems in French]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamyn, Amadis}} Category:French poets Category:French male poets Category:People from Champagne (province) Category:1540 births Category:1593 deaths Category:16th-century French male writers
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