Francis de Miomandre

He was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, the son of a salesman Gilbert Durand and of Thérèse de Miomandre.

He worked with the magazine « le Mercure de France » (Paris) «Antée» (Bruges) and «L'Occident».

Francis began to sell paintings at a gallery called Berngayma, and later worked as a secretary to his director - Félix Fénéon.

In 1918 Miomandre released "Selected pages" by Jose Enrique Rodo, in 1921 - "Twenty-four sonnets" by Luis de Góngora.

Miomandre wrote articles for many Spanish and Latin American editions, and from 1946 to 1956 was editor of the category "Iberian Literature" for the magazine «Hommes et Mondes».