Victor Hugo26 February 1802
Author & Poet
Arthur Rimbaud20 October 1854
Poet
Charles Baudelaire09 April 1821
Poet
Guy de Maupassant05 August 1850
Novelist & Short Story Writer
Jean Cocteau05 July 1889
Novelist, Poet, Artist & Filmmaker
Paul Verlaine30 March 1844
Poet
Andre Breton19 February 1896
Founder of Surrealism
Alphonse Daudet13 May 1840
Novelist, Short story writer, playwright, poet
Robert W. Service16 January 1874
Poet & Writer
Stéphane Mallarmé18 March 1842
Poet
Paul Valery30 October 1871
Poet
Alfred de Musset11 December 1810
Dramatist, Poet, Novelist
Oscar Milosz28 May 1877
Poet
Guillaume Apollinaire25 August 1880
Poet
Arthur de Gobineau14 July 1816
Racial theorist, Philosopher, Writer, Diplomat,
Charles Maurras20 April 1868
Author
Tristan Tzara16 April 1896
Art collector, Poet, Writer, Diplomat, Film
Gaston Bachelard27 June 1884
Philosopher, Poet, Writer, University teacher
Louis Aragon03 October 1897
Writer, Journalist, Politician, Poet, Novelist,
Edmond Rostand01 April 1868
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Essayist, Screenwriter
Francis Picabia22 January 1879
Painter, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Adah Isaacs Menken15 June 1835
Actress
Alfred Jarry08 September 1873
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Novelist
François Mauriac11 October 1885
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Playwright,
Comte de Lautréamont04 April 1846
Poet, Writer
Max Jacob12 July 1876
Painter, Poet, Writer, Literary critic
Paul Claudel06 August 1868
Playwright, Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Diarist, Poet
Robert de Montesquiou07 March 1855
Poet
Charles Péguy07 January 1873
Poet
Sully Prudhomme16 March 1839
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Diarist
Blaise Cendrars01 September 1887
War correspondent, Journalist, Poet, Writer,
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Henri Michaux24 May 1899
Painter, Poet, Writer
Jean-Henri Fabre21 December 1823
Entomologist
Zygmunt Krasiński19 February 1812
Poet
Léon Bloy11 July 1846
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Novelist,
Pierre Louÿs10 December 1870
Poet
Arthur Cravan22 May 1887
Writer
Vernon Lee14 October 1856
Writer
Émile Bernard28 April 1868
Painter, Poet, Writer
Saint-John Perse31 May 1887
Poet, Writer, Diplomat
Stanislas de Guaita06 April 1861
Poet
Raymond Roussel20 January 1877
Poet
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam07 November 1838
Writer
Philippe Henriot07 January 1889
Poet
Louis Feuillade19 February 1873
Director
Anna de Noailles15 November 1876
Writer, Salon-holder, Poet, Model
Jules Laforgue16 August 1860
Poet
Francis Ponge27 March 1899
Essayist
Alphonse Allais20 October 1854
Writer, Poet, Journalist, Screenwriter, Painter,
Pierre-Jean de Béranger19 August 1780
Poet
Henri Murger27 March 1822
French author
Jules Romains26 August 1885
Poet
Charles Cros01 October 1842
Poet
Benjamin Fondane14 November 1898
Linguist, Poet, Librarian, Film director,
Pierre Reverdy13 September 1889
Poet
Aloysius Bertrand20 April 1807
Poet
Remy de Gourmont04 April 1858
Poet
Philippe Soupault02 August 1897
French writer
Paul Déroulède02 September 1846
Author
Sylvain Maréchal15 August 1750
Essayist
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore20 June 1786
Poet
Henri de Régnier28 December 1864
Poet
Tristan Corbière18 July 1845
Poet
José Maria de Heredia22 November 1842
Poet
Edgar Quinet17 February 1803
Historian
Jean Richepin04 February 1849
Poet
Catulle Mendès22 May 1841
Poet
Anatole Le Braz02 April 1859
Poet
François Coppée26 January 1842
Poet
Francis Jammes02 December 1868
Poet
Valery Larbaud29 August 1881
Writer
Théodore de Banville14 March 1823
Poet
Jules Supervielle16 January 1884
Poet
Paul Fort01 February 1872
Poet
Stanislas de Boufflers31 May 1738
Writer
Placide Cappeau25 October 1808
Poet
Léon-Paul Fargue04 March 1876
Poet
Gustave Kahn21 December 1859
Poet
Jacques Delille22 June 1738
Writer
Pierre Jean Jouve11 October 1887
Writer
François-Xavier Garneau15 June 1809
Notary
Louise-Victorine Ackermann30 November 1813
Poet
Pierre, comte Daru12 January 1767
French military administrator
Maurice de Guérin04 August 1810
Poet
Jean Aicard04 February 1848
Poet
Émile Deschamps20 February 1791
Poet
Charles Vildrac22 November 1882
Author
Jacques Audiberti25 March 1899
Playwright
Henry Bataille04 April 1872
Dramatist
Louis de Fontanes06 March 1757
Poet
Népomucène Lemercier20 April 1771
Poet
Georges de Porto-Riche20 May 1849
Dramatist
Francis Viélé-Griffin26 May 1864
Poet
François Andrieux06 May 1759
Playwright