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The article informs about works and life of Paul Claudel, a French poet, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Topics include working on Rue de Constantinein the Documentation Service of the Peace Conference with mention of the diplomatic profession with an international commission; and tenderness for Poland and for a Polish woman, Rosalie Lintner, at war with Bolshevik Russia, of the West's defense against the Revolution, and France sent a military mission in German empire.

The article discusses Les Lettres de Corse: un texte inconnu to be returned to Glatigny, which includes the best known episode and the most tragic of the poet's life, his arrest and incarceration in Bocognano in January 1869 - episode which will form the material of his platelet Le Day of the Year of a Vagabond, the attachment he had at once felt disappear Glatigny for Corsica, its landscapes and history.

The article explores French author, Jean Cocteau's creative process in crafting the screenplay for "L'Éternel Retour." It focuses on his annotated cover and technical breakdown, the document, once owned by the poet, reveals the playful interplay of poetic verses and cinematic instructions. It is reported that the visual elements, including a sketch of the film's protagonists, offer insights into the narrative.

The article reports on an unpublished letter from French poet Raoul Ponchon to his friend and wine broker Gerard-Charles Archbold-Aspol. For years, Ponchon spent the summer in Brittany, near Dinard, in the small fishing village of Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer in France. Archbold-Aspol was not only a wine merchant, but also a bibliophile and art lover.

The article presents a brief note on the works of Tristan Dereme, born Philippe Huc, who was a French poet and writer. Between 1915 and 1917, in two satirical newspapers in Toulouse, France, Dereme signed humorous chronicles inhabited by characters with wacky patronyms under his official pseudonym and under pseudonyms crazy.

The article presents a brief note on the career of Charles Cros, who was a French poet and inventor. At the age of 37, Cros commanded respect from often younger companions around the age of thirty. He deposited in April 1877 at the Academy of Sciences in France a sealed envelope that exposed the operation of the paleophone that will later be called "phonograph."

The article sheds insights on some episodes of the complicated existence of Laurent Tailhade, who was a French satirical poet, anarchist polemicist, essayist and translator, active in Paris, France, in the 1890s and early 1900s. It presents some of the letters concerning Tailhade. He developed an anarchist and anticlerical attitude in his poems and polemic essays.

The article delves into the friendship between Guillaume Apollinaire and the Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro, examining a confident and relaxed dedication by Apollinaire dated June 3, 1917. It mentions that the dedication, found in a cherished collection, serves as a token of friendship to Huidobro, who, like Apollinaire, was a foreign poet choosing French as his writing language during the same period.

The article presents a brief note on Frederic-Louis Sauser, better known as Blaise Cendrars, who was a Swiss-born novelist and poet who became a naturalized French citizen in 1916. In November 1917, Cendrars became the literary adviser of the Sirene Editions. Paul Laffitte, the banker and industrial founder of the editions, proposed to him to occupy this position.