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Paul Valéry

Born

in Sète, France

October 30, 1871

Died

July 20, 1945

Genre

Poetry, Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Stéphane Mallarmé, Wolfgang Goethe, Charles Baudelaire, Leonardo da Vi ...more

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Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. His interests were sufficiently broad that he can be classified as a polymath. In addition to his fiction (poetry, drama and dialogues), he also wrote many essays and aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events.

Valéry is best known as a poet, and is sometimes considered to be the last of the French Symbolists. But he published fewer than a hundred poems, and none that drew much attention. On the night of 4 October 1892, during a heavy storm, Paul Valéry entered an existential crisis, which made a big impact on his writing career. Around 1898, his writing activity even came to a near-standstill, due partly to the death of his mentor Stéphane ...more

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	Selected Writings 4.17 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 1950	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsieur Teste 4.01 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 1896 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dialogues by Paul Valéry, Jackson Mathews (Editor) , W.M. Stewart (Translator) 4.45 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1956 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El cementerio marino by Paul Valéry, Jorge Guillén (Translator) , Dolores Sanchez de Aleu (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 1922 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poésies 4.06 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Poetry 4.30 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1958 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Anthology by Paul Valéry, James R. Lawler (Editor) , Jackson Mathews (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Jeune Parque by Paul Valéry, Alistair Elliot 3.68 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1917 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sea Shells by Paul Valéry, Henri Mondor (Illustrator) , Ralph Manheim (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1937 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eupalinos ; L'âme et la danse ; Dialogue de l'arbre 3.83 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1938 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Paul Valéry

“Poems are never finished - just abandoned”
― Paul Valery

tags: poem, writing

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“Le vent se lève! . . . il faut tenter de vivre!
L'air immense ouvre et referme mon livre,
La vague en poudre ose jaillir des rocs!
Envolez-vous, pages tout éblouies!
Rompez, vagues! Rompez d'eaux réjouies
Ce toit tranquille où picoraient des focs!”
― Paul Valéry, Le cimetière marin / El cementerio marino

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“Politeness is organized indifference.”
― Paul Valéry

tags: indifference, life, politeness

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