Victor Hugo26 February 1802
Author & Poet
Guy de Maupassant05 August 1850
Novelist & Short Story Writer
Charles Baudelaire09 April 1821
Poet
Arthur Rimbaud20 October 1854
Poet
Jean Cocteau05 July 1889
Novelist, Poet, Artist & Filmmaker
Paul Verlaine30 March 1844
Poet
Robert W. Service16 January 1874
Poet & Writer
Stéphane Mallarmé18 March 1842
Poet
Alphonse Daudet13 May 1840
Novelist, Short story writer, playwright, poet
Alfred de Musset11 December 1810
Dramatist, Poet, Novelist
Andre Breton19 February 1896
Founder of Surrealism
Oscar Milosz28 May 1877
Poet
Paul Valery30 October 1871
Poet
Georges Bataille10 September 1897
Philosopher, Librarian, Poet, Novelist, Writer,
Guillaume Apollinaire25 August 1880
Poet
Arthur de Gobineau14 July 1816
Racial theorist, Philosopher, Writer, Diplomat,
Paul Claudel06 August 1868
Playwright, Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Diarist, Poet
Tristan Tzara16 April 1896
Art collector, Poet, Writer, Diplomat, Film
Gaston Bachelard27 June 1884
Philosopher, Poet, Writer, University teacher
Charles Maurras20 April 1868
Author
Francis Picabia22 January 1879
Painter, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Edmond Rostand01 April 1868
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Essayist, Screenwriter
Alfred Jarry08 September 1873
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Novelist
Louis Aragon03 October 1897
Writer, Journalist, Politician, Poet, Novelist,
François Mauriac11 October 1885
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Playwright,
Sully Prudhomme16 March 1839
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Diarist
Adah Isaacs Menken15 June 1835
Actress
Comte de Lautréamont04 April 1846
Poet, Writer
Max Jacob12 July 1876
Painter, Poet, Writer, Literary critic
Charles Péguy07 January 1873
Poet
Blaise Cendrars01 September 1887
War correspondent, Journalist, Poet, Writer,
Jean-Henri Fabre22 December 1823
Entomologist, Writer, University teacher, Poet
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Émile Bernard28 April 1868
Painter, Poet, Writer
Henri Michaux24 May 1899
Painter, Poet, Writer
Léon Bloy11 July 1846
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Novelist,
Saint-John Perse31 May 1887
Poet, Writer, Diplomat
Benjamin Fondane14 November 1898
Linguist, Poet, Librarian, Film director,
Anna de Noailles15 November 1876
Writer, Salon-holder, Poet, Model
Alphonse Allais20 October 1854
Writer, Poet, Journalist, Screenwriter, Painter,