Pierre Corneille ( June 6 , 1606 â `` October 1 , 1684 ) was a French playwright . He is one of the most famous 17th century French dramatists . Pierre Corneille ( 6 June 1606 â `` 1 October 1684 ) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists , along with MoliÃ re and Racine .