Pierre Fons Explained

Pierre Fons (16 July 1880 in Toulouse – 23 April 1917 in Cambo-les-Bains) was a French poet, novelist and essayist.[1]

Biography

Born from a family of scholars, he obtained a law degree in Toulouse. He contributed to many magazines in the south of France. At 23, he published a volume of elegies, L'Heure amoureuse et funéraire,[2] foreworded by Émile Pouvillon, a work distinguished by the Académie française.[3] Maître es Jeux at the Académie des Jeux Floraux of Toulouse, he was part of a Toulouse school under the aegis of Marc Lafargue.[4] Author of several collections of poems but also of a series of essays published under the title Le réveil de Pallas,[5] Fons died during the First World War at age 36.

A small part of his library[6] has been kept at the University of Perpignan since 2018.

Works

Essays

Poetry

Novel

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: fr. Pierre Fons (1880-1917) - Auteur - Ressources de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. data.bnf.fr. 26 February 2019.
  2. https://www.amazon.fr/Pierre-Fons-LHeure-amoureuse-fun%C3%A9raire/dp/B00183T27A L'Heure amoureuse et funéraire
  3. Book: fr. Raoul Davray & Henry Rigal. Anthologie des poètes du Midi : morceaux choisis accompagnés de notices biographiques et d'un essai de bibliography. 92–93. Paris. ollendorff. 1908.
  4. https://data.bnf.fr/12863456/marc_lafargue/ Marc Lafargue
  5. https://www.amazon.fr/REVEIL-PALLAS-FONS-PIERRE/dp/B011A5E13U Le réveil de Pallas
  6. Web site: fr. Au fil des dédicaces : la bibliothèque poétique du poète Pierre Fons. hypotheses.org. 5 September 2018. 26 February 2019.
  7. https://www.amazon.fr/Prudhomme-Pierre-biographie-dopinions-bibliographie/dp/B001C9PDOQ Sully Prud'homme : biographie
  8. https://www.amazon.fr/Histoire-po%C3%A9sie-fran%C3%A7aise-Tradition-%C3%A9volution/dp/2226013954 La poésie du XXe siècle. I, tradition et évolution