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
Alphonse Daudet13 May 1840
Novelist, Short story writer, playwright, poet
Stéphane Mallarmé18 March 1842
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
Paul Claudel06 August 1868
Playwright, Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Diarist, Poet
Arthur de Gobineau14 July 1816
Racial theorist, Philosopher, Writer, Diplomat,
Tristan Tzara16 April 1896
Art collector, Poet, Writer, Diplomat, Film
Gaston Bachelard27 June 1884
Philosopher, Poet, Writer, University teacher
Alfred Jarry08 September 1873
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Novelist
Charles Maurras20 April 1868
Author
Edmond Rostand01 April 1868
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Essayist, Screenwriter
Francis Picabia22 January 1879
Painter, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Adah Isaacs Menken15 June 1835
Actress
Louis Aragon03 October 1897
Writer, Journalist, Politician, 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
Sully Prudhomme16 March 1839
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Diarist
Blaise Cendrars01 September 1887
War correspondent, Journalist, Poet, Writer,
Léon Bloy11 July 1846
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Novelist,
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Charles Péguy07 January 1873
Poet
Pierre Louÿs10 December 1870
Poet
Jean-Henri Fabre22 December 1823
Entomologist, Writer, University teacher, Poet
Saint-John Perse31 May 1887
Poet, Writer, Diplomat
Émile Bernard28 April 1868
Painter, Poet, Writer
Henri Michaux24 May 1899
Painter, Poet, Writer
Edgar Quinet17 February 1803
Historian
Aloysius Bertrand20 April 1807
Poet
Pierre Reverdy13 September 1889
Poet
Vernon Lee14 October 1856
Writer
Zygmunt Krasiński19 February 1812
Poet
Benjamin Fondane14 November 1898
Linguist, Poet, Librarian, Film director,
Francis Ponge27 March 1899
Essayist
Jules Laforgue16 August 1860
Poet
Anna de Noailles15 November 1876
Writer, Salon-holder, Poet, Model
Charles Cros01 October 1842
Poet
Pierre-Jean de Béranger19 August 1780
Poet
Henri Murger27 March 1822
French author
Philippe Soupault02 August 1897
French writer
Louis Feuillade19 February 1873
Director
Jules Romains26 August 1885
Poet
Alphonse Allais20 October 1854
Writer, Poet, Journalist, Screenwriter, Painter,
Remy de Gourmont04 April 1858
Poet