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Paul Valéry (1871 - 1945) Poet, Essayist, Aphorist
Influential French poet who dedicated his life and work to worshiping the "Idol of Intellect. ...
- The Young Fate
Biography
Born October 30, 1871 in Sète, France
Ethnicity Corsican/Italian
Residence Paris, France
Died July 20, 1945 in Paris, France
Nationality French
Language French
Other occupations Legal Clerk, Secretary to Director of Press Agency, Civil servant, Poetry Professor, University Administrator, Public Intellectual
Paul Valéry was born October 31, 1871 to Barthélémy Valéry, a customs clerk, and his wife Fanny in Sète, a small French coastal town on the Mediterranean. ... Valéry soon gained widespread fame and secured his position as a nationally renowned poet. Unfortunately, the same year Charmes appeared, Lebey, Valérys employer and benefactor who had allowed the poet ample time for his studies, died and left Valéry without employment. ... Paul Valéry died of heart trouble on July 20, 1945, shortly after the Allies liberated France. ... "
Influences
Charles Baudelaire, Rene Descartes, Andre Gide, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Laconte de Lisle, Lucretius, Stephane Mallarmé, Michel de Montaigne, Gerard de Nerval, Plato, Edgar Allen Poe, Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Rimbaud, Socrates, Paul Verlaine,
Influenced
Themes: The Idol of Intellect: a static state of pure reason set apart from emotion and the demands of the world. ...
The Graveyard by the Sea (1920)
A poem that depicts the poet in a graveyard meditating on the still waters of the Mediterranean.
Approximate Word count = 1560
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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