The Resume

(circa 1494-April 9, 1553)
Born in Chinon, France
Physician and author
Wrote 'Pantagruel' (1532) and 'Gargantua' (1534)

Why he might be annoying:

He spent time in hiding to avoid being arrested for heresy.
Several chapters of Gargantua and Pantagruel consist solely of lists of vulgar insults.
His sequels to Gargantua and Pantagruel had the less-than-inspired titles 'The Third Book of Pantagruel' (1546) and 'The Fourth Book of Pantagruel' (1552).
There is also an inferior 'Fifth Book of Pantagruel' which may or may not have been written by Rabelais.

Why he might not be annoying:

As a physician, he translated the works of Hippocrates.
He celebrated physical pleasures and mocked pomposity.
Milan Kundera wrote, 'Rabelais is, along with Cervantes, the founder of an entire art, the art of the novel.'
His last words were, 'I go to seek a great perhaps.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 5666)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 15]
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Outlived My Child
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Physicians Turned Authors
• Profiles 24001-24250 (Ranked: 24035)
• Renaissance Men (and Women)
• Satirists and Wits

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 27 Votes: 96.30% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 82 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying