Author: Paul Valéry
Alternate names: Paul Ambroise Valéry; Paul Ambroise Valéry; Paul Ambroise Valery; Paul-Ambroise Valéry; Paul Valery; Paul-Ambroise Valery; Поль Валери
Born: 30 October 1871
Died: 20 July 1945
Bio: Paul Valery occupies a position in the history of French letters that is at once strategic and highly problematic. Critics have affixed to him various labels, all of them partially correct. He has been called the last French symbolist, the first post-symbolist, a masterful classical prosodist, an advocate of logical positivism, and a cerebral narcissist. [(source)][1]


  [1]: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/paul-valery