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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.

The son of a winemaking family from Poitou, he trained as a teacher at the École normale in Poitiers and then at the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud.[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. In 1980, he won the Grand Prix for Poetry of the Académie Française.[4]

A museum is dedicated to him in Bonneuil-Matours, where his father was mayor from 1935 to 1947. It contains originals of his works as well as numerous personal effects.[3]

The Dutch composer Marjo Tal set several of Fombeure's poems to music.[5]

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  1. ^ Primary school teachers were educated at départemental écoles normales, high school teachers and university professors at the écoles normales supérieures.
  2. ^ "Il y a 40 ans, Maurice Fombeure disparaissait". La Nouvelle Republique. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Musée Maurice Fombeure on the Bonneuil-Matours website. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Il y a 40 ans, Maurice Fombeure disparaissait". La Nouvelle Republique. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  5. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York: Books & Music (USA), Inc. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.


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