Pierre Quillard
French poet, playwright, translator and journalist (1864-1912) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 47
Pierre Quillard was a French symbolist poet, playwright, literary critic, philosopher, Hellenist translator, and journalist. As a thinker and anarchist activist, he stood as one of the early proponents of the Armenophile movement in France, notably through his bimonthly publication, Pro Armenia.
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Pierre Quillard drawn by Remy de Gourmont in 1896.
Pierre Quillard (1898)
Excerpt from Pierre Quillard's article on the Hamidian massacres.
Illustration by Charles Maurin (1857-1914) in Les Temps nouveaux for the special issue 'Meure Biribi!' in which Pierre Quillard participated.
Bust of Pierre Quillard in Yerevan, ArmeniaAbout this person
Later on, he fervently joined the defense of Dreyfus and is regarded as one of the most accomplished intellectuals among the Dreyfusards, testifying on behalf of Émile Zola during his trial.
