Lucien Fabre (14 February 1889 – 26 November 1952) was a French novelist, essayist, and poet.

[1] Fabre was born on 14 February 1889 in France's River Garonne region in Pampelonne, and died in Paris on 26 November 1952.

Fabre was a businessman, artist, and friend of the poet Paul Valéry, Leon-Paul Fargue, and the violinist Jacques Thibaud.

Fabre married a young woman of one of the richest families of the Champ de Mars in Paris.

After publication, Einstein complained to the editor, resulting in the preface of the book being withdrawn for the second edition (1922), and replaced with a derogatory comment directed at Einstein [2] Fabre is now largely forgotten, probably because of his extreme eclecticism which is no longer popular; a characteristic which made his style difficult to read.