Maurice Fombeure

Maurice Alphonse Jacques Fombeure (born in Jardres (Vienne) 23 September 1906; died at La Verrière (Yvelines) 1 January 1981) was a 20th-century French writer and poet.

[1] He became friends with other normale poets including Max Jacob and André Salmon, and taught in Parisian lycées including the Lycée Lavoisier, but remained always attached to his region of birth.

Very active in the literary circles of the capital, his first published work was 'The Line of the Heart' in 1925.

[2] He was awarded the Grand Prix for poetry by the town of Paris in 1958[3] and was elected to the Ronsard Academy.

[3] The Dutch composer Marjo Tal set several of Fombeure's poems to music.