Léon-Paul Fargue

Léon-Paul Fargue (1876–1947) was a French poet and essayist known for his fervent observations of Parisian life. He was deeply involved in Parisian artistic circles as an attendant of Mallarmé’s ‘Tuesday’ meetings, as a member of Les Apaches alongside Maurice Ravel, and a close associate of Paul Valéry with whom he founded the review Commerce: cahiers trimestriels in 1924. His notable books include Poëmes (1905), Vulturne (1928), Le Piéton de Paris (1939), and Haute Solitude (1941). He suffered a stroke in 1943 while at lunch with Picasso, which left him partially paralysed, but he maintained intense literary activity until his death in 1947. The street of his deathplace was renamed Place Léon-Paul Fargue in 1957.