Léon Dierx

He came to Paris to study at the Central School of Arts and Manufactures and subsequently settled there, taking up a post in the education office.

He became a disciple of Leconte de Lisle and one of the most distinguished of the Parnassians.

At the death of Stéphane Mallarmé in 1898 he was acclaimed prince of poets by les jeunes.

His works include: Aspirations (1858); Poèmes et poésies (1864); Lèvres closes (1867); Paroles d'un vaincu (1871) ; La Rencontre, a dramatic scene (1875) and Les Amants (1879).

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