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Francis Jammes (French pronunciation:; 2 December 1868, in Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées – 1 November 1938, in Hasparren, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) was a French and European poet. He spent most of his life in his native region of Béarn and the Basque Country and his poems are known for their lyricism and for singing the pleasures of a humble ...
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- December 2, 1868, Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Francis Jammes is a French writer who wrote poetry of the natural world, praising the simplicity of country life and the beauty of nature. He was influenced by Mallarmé, Gide, and Claudel, and converted to Catholicism in 1905. He died in 1938. Learn more about his life, works, and style.
Mar 15, 2024 · Francis Jammes (born Dec. 2, 1868, Tournay, Fr.—died Nov. 1, 1938, Hasparren, near Bayonne) was a French poet and novelist whose simple rustic themes were a contrast to the decadent element in French literature of the turn of the century. A timid, provincial clerk, Jammes was befriended by the Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé and the ...
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Francis Jammes (prononcer [ʒam] et non [dʒɛms] N 1 ), né le à Tournay ( Hautes-Pyrénées) et mort le 1 er novembre 1938 à Hasparren (Basses-Pyrénées, aujourd'hui Pyrénées-Atlantiques ), est un poète et romancier français.
Francis Jammes was born on December 2nd 1868 in Tournay, France and died on November 1st 1938 in Hasparren, France. He was born into an ancient family and spent most of his life in the Basque country His early poems are known for their lyricism and for praising the pleasures of a rustic life.
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"Francis Jammes" published on by null. (1868–1938).The poet of the south‐west of France, where he spent his life, Jammes celebrated the beauty and authenticity of the experience of nature. His first volume, De l'Angélus de ...
Francis Jammes (1868–1938), French Catholic poet and novelist, is not as widely read in the English-speaking world as he deserves to be, though some new translations have been published lately, as has a volume collecting some modern appreciations of Jammes. 1 I’m going to add to the list with translations of a set of poems he titled “Fourteen Prayers.”
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