Originally from French Algeria, he went back after his studies at Lycée Henri-IV in Paris.
He then published, from the following year, collections of poems of parnassianist and symbolist inspiration.
The crowning was Le Jardin des dieux, awarded the prix Femina in 1920.
He then left poetry to become the bard of French Algeria (En Algérie avec les Français, Cent ans d’efforts français en Algérie...).
by Émile Zola for Abel Gance, in 1913 - J'accuse (1919 film)