who wrote gargantua and pantagruel?
FranÃ§ois Rabelais (/ËrÃ¦bÉËleÉª/; French: [fÊÉÌ.swa Êa.blÉ]; between 1483 and 1494 â 9 April 1553) was a French Renaissance writer, humanist, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs. His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel.