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Guillaume de Lorris (c. 1200-1240), French poet. He is the author of the first 4,000 lines of the 22,000-line verse romance Roman de la Rose, the second part of which was written by the French poet Jean de Meun. Nothing is known of Guillaume's life. His section of the poem is distinguished by the beauty of the imagery and the allegorical setting.

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