Francois Villon
François Villon Stock woodcut image, used to represent François Villon in the 1489 printing of the Grand Testament de Maistre François Villon Born c. 1431 Died c. 1463 Occupation Poet French literature by category French literary history Medieval Renaissance 17th 18th 19th 20th century Contemporary French writers Chronological list Writers by category Essayists Novelists Playwrights Poets Short story writers Portals France French language Literature French/Francophone literature v t e François Villon (in modern French, pronounced [fʁɑ swa vijɔ ]; in fifteenth-century French, [frɑnswɛ viˈlɔn]) born in Paris in 1431 and disappeared from view in 1463, is the best known French poet of the late Middle Ages. A ne'er-do-well who was involved in criminal behavior and got into numerous scrapes with authorities, Villon wrote about some of these experiences in his poems.