Louis-René des Forêts (January 28, 1916 – December 31, 2000) was a French writer.
[2] In 1954, Des Forêts co-founded a committee against the Algerian war, with Dionys Mascolo, Edgar Morin and Robert Antelme.
In 1967, he co-founded the literary journal L'Éphémère with writers Yves Bonnefoy, André du Bouchet, Paul Celan, Jacques Dupin, Michel Leiris and others.
Des Forêts received several literary prizes in France and Belgium.
He was awarded the Grand prix national des Lettres for the entirety of his work in 1997.