Francis Jammes was a French 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 country life.
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Dominique de VillepinAlso won Prix d'Académie
Jacques MaritainAlso won Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française
Gabriel MarcelAlso won Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française
Christian BobinAlso won Prix d'AcadémieFrançois Ducaud-BourgetAlso won Prix Saint-Cricq-Theis
Michel ButorAlso won Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie françaiseAbout this person
Francis Jammes was a French 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 country life. His later poetry remained lyrical, but also included a strong religious element brought on by his reversion to Catholicism in 1905.
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FranceCategory
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1868 to 1938 · aged 69
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