Paul Fort
Jules-Jean-Paul Fort (1 February 1872 – 20 April 1960) was a French poet associated with the
Symbolist movement. At the age of 18, reacting against the Naturalistic theatre, Fort founded the Théâtre d'Art (1890–93). He also founded and edited the literary reviews ''Livre d'Art'' with
Alfred Jarry and ''Vers et Prose'' (1905–14) with poet
Guillaume Apollinaire, which published the work of
Paul Valéry and other important Symbolist writers. Fort is notable for his enormous volume of poetry, having published more than thirty volumes of ballads and, according to
Amy Lowell, for creating the polyphonic prose form in his 'Ballades francaises'.
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