André Suarès

1868 - 1948

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: France

native language: French

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: Lycée Thiers, École Normale Supérieure

occupation: poet, music critic, literary critic, biographer, prosaist, playwright, journalist

award received: Concours général, Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française

André Suarès, born Isaac Félix Suarès (12 June 1868, Marseille – 7 September 1948, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) was a French poet and critic. From 1912 onwards, he was one of the four "pillars" of the Nouvelle Revue Française, along with André Gide, Paul Claudel and Paul Valéry. In 1931, he contributed to a book entitled Marsiho. In this work, written in Paris, he revealed his true feelings about his hometown (Marseille). André Suarès died in 1948, aged 80. Source: Wikipedia (en)