Paul Fort (1872 — 1960) was a French poet associated with
the Symbolist movement.
At the age of 18, reacting against the Naturalistic
theatre, Fort founded the Théâtre d’Art (1890–93). He also founded and edited
the literary reviews Livre d'Art with Alfred Jarry and Vers et Prose (1905–14)
with poet Guillaume Apollinaire, which published the work of Paul Valéry and
other important Symbolist writers. Fort is notable for his enormous volume of
poetry, having published more than thirty volumes of ballads and, according to
Amy Lowell for creating the polyphonic prose form in his 'Ballades francaises'
One of his famous works was "La Ronde". This
poem is famous world wide because it is a plea for world friendship.
No comments:
Post a Comment