real name Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. 1622–73, French dramatist, regarded as the greatest French writer of comedy. His works include Tartuffe (1664), Le Misanthrope (1666), L'Avare (1668), Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1670), and Le Malade imaginaire (1673)
Molière in American English
(moʊlˈjɛr; ˌ moʊliˈɛr; French mɔˈljɛʀ)
(born Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622-73; Fr. dramatist