Léon-Paul Fargue - biography, career, poetry
This is the place to search for a free poet biography. The best resource for quotes and poetry.
|
Léon-Paul Fargue |
|||||||||
Léon-Paul Fargue (March 4, 1876 - November 24, 1947) was a French poet and essayist.
He was born in Paris, France. As a poet he was noted for his poetry of atmosphere and detail. His work spanned numerous literary movements. Before he reached 19 years of age, Fargue had already published in L’Art littéraire in 1894 and his important poem Tancrède appeared in the magazine Pan in 1895.
As an opponent of the surrealists, he became a member of the Symbolist poetry circle connected with Le Mercure de France.
He was also a poet of Paris, and later in his career he published two books about the city, D’après Paris (1931) and Le piéton de Paris (1939).
He published a book of recollections about his friend, the composer Ravel. He was a member of the Apaches and remained a lifelong friend of Ravel. One of his poems, "Rêves", was set to music by Ravel in 1927.
He died in 1947 in Paris and is buried in the Cimetière du Montparnasse.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on-Paul_Fargue"
About the author:
http://www.wikipedia.org
| Free Poetry Contest Poetry.com will award over 1,200 awards and prizes totaling over $100,000 to amateur poets in the coming months. All contestants are eligible for both of our contests. Join Now!  |
Copy and paste this into the code of
your webpage:
Various information on poets - their biographies and other info.
