Francois Villon has written:

'The poems of Francois Villon'

Francois Villon wrote the poem "Ballad of the Dead Ladies" to commemorate and honor the memory of notable women from history and mythology. The poem reflects on the transience of life and the inevitable mortality of all individuals, including these revered ladies. Through this ballad, Villon contemplates the fleeting nature of human existence and the legacy that individuals leave behind.

The cast of Galgenfrist - 2008 includes: Matthias van den Berg as Francois Villon

Francois Villon was a French poet born around 1431. He lived somehow like a vagabond and his trace is lost in 1463. His poems revolve about the past and regrets about life; his best-known is an appeal to clemency as he is about to be sent to the gallows. He is the best-known French poet of the late Middle Ages, using Old French common at the time, which is barely understandable today.

A villonaud is a poem in imitation of the style of French poet Francois Villon. The term was coined by Ezra Pound (eg, "Villonaud for This Yule"), perhaps in anology with "villanelle."