Francis Ponge
Francis Jean Gaston Alfred Ponge (; 27 March 1899 – 6 August 1988) was a French essayist and poet. Influenced by surrealism, he developed a form of prose poem, minutely examining everyday objects. He was the third recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1974. Life Ponge was born into a Protestant family in Montpellier (South of France), the son of Armand Ponge, a banker, and his wife Juliette, ''née'' Saurel."Francis Ponge"
''Contemporary Authors Online'', Thomson Gale, 2007, accessed 29 February 2012 He studied in Paris at the Sorbonne and the
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