Valery Larbaud
French writer and poet (1881-1957)
Valery Larbaud (29 August 1881 – 2 February 1957) was a French writer, poet, and translator.
Valery Larbaud | |
|---|---|
 Larbaud, c.1900 | |
| Born | 29 August 1881 Vichy, France |
| Died | 2 February 1957 (aged 75) Vichy, France |
| Occupation | Writer, translator, critic |
| Notable works | Fermina Márquez |
Larbaud's most famous book is Fermina Marquez. It came out in 1911. It is about a beautiful girl's visit to a boys boarding school.[1]
Larbaud is well-known for translating important writing in English into French. He translated work by Sir Thomas Browne, the English novelist Samuel Butler, the U.S. poet Walt Whitman, and James Joyce.[1]
Books
change- Poèmes par un riche amateur (1908) as A.O. Barnabooth.
- Fermina Márquez (1911)
- A.O. Barnabooth (1913)
- Enfantines (1918)
- Beauté, mon beau souci (1920)
- Amants, heureux amants (1923)
- Mon plus secret conseil... (1923)
- Ce Vice impuni, la lecture : domaine anglais (1925)
- Jaune bleu blanc (1927)
- Aux couleurs de Rome (1938)
- Ce Vice impuni, la lecture : domaine français (1941)
- Sous l'invocation de saint Jérôme (1946)
- Chez Chesterton
- Ode à une blanchisseuse
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Valery-Nicolas Larbaud | French author | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
