French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)
Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (French: [pɔl valeʁi]; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. . In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events. . Valéry was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 12 different years. Biography. Valéry was born to a Corsican father and Genoese-Istrian mother in Sète, a town on the Mediterranean coast of the Hérault, but he was raised in Montpellier, a larger urban center close by.
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Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (French: [pɔl valeʁi]; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. . In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events. . Valéry was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 12 different years. Biography. Valéry was born to a Corsican father and Genoese-Istrian mother in Sète, a town on the Mediterranean coast of the Hérault, but he was raised in Montpellier, a larger urban center close by.
