Académie Mallarmé

The Académie Mallarmé is a French literary academy of writers and poets, founded in 1937. Since 1976, the Académie has awarded the Prix Mallarmé literary prize at the Brive book fair. Founding members include

Paul Valéry Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, mus ...

, Édouard Dujardin, André Fontainas,

Charles Vildrac Charles Vildrac (November 22, 1882 – June 25, 1971), born "Charles Messager",''1971 Britannica Book of the Year'' (for events of 1971), "Obituaries 1971" article, page 532, "Vildrac, Charles" item was a French libertarian playwright, poet a ...

Maurice Maeterlinck Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count (or Comte) Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in ...

, Ferdinand Hérold, Albert Mockel, Léon-Paul Fargue, Francis Viélé-Griffin, Paul Fort,

Saint-Pol-Roux Paul-Pierre Roux, called Saint-Pol-Roux (15 January 1861, quartier de Saint-Henry, Marseille - 18 October 1940, Brest) was a French Symbolist poet. Life Marseille Saint-Pol-Roux was born to a middle-class family in Marseille, where his fath ...

, Valéry Larbaud, and

Jean Ajalbert Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jea ...

. When asked,

André Gide André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1947). Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the Symbolism (arts), symbolist movement, to the advent o ...

, Francis Jammes and Paul Claudel declined the invitation to become founding members. Later, Jean Cocteau, Gérard d'Houville, Henry Charpentier, Jacques Audiberti, and Henri Mondor became members. In 2008, Academy members include Jean L'Anselme, Jean-Michel Maulpoix,

Robert Sabatier Robert Sabatier (17 August 1923 – 28 June 2012) was a French poet and writer. He wrote numerous novels, essays and books of aphorisms and poems. He was elected to the Académie Goncourt in 1971, as well as to the Académie Mallarme. He ...

, Sylvestre Clancier, Abdellatif Laâbi, Venus Ghoury-Ghata, Andrée Chedid,

Anise Koltz Anise Koltz (born 1928) is one of Luxembourg's major contemporary authors. Best known for her poetry and her translations of poetry, she has also written a number of children's stories. In 1962, she was a cofounder with Nic Weber of the successful ...

, Philippe Jones, Jean Portante, Robert Marteau,

François Montmaneix François Montmaneix (June 4, 1938 in Lyon – October 21, 2018 in Lyon) was a French poet and writer. Biography François Montmaneix was for many years an important player in Lyon's cultural life, directing the Maurice-Ravel auditorium, where ...

, Jean Orizet, Claude Beausoleil, Dominique Grandmont, Marie-Claire Bancquart, Claude Vigée, Richard Rognet, Charles Dobzynski, Pierre Oster, Lionel Ray, Édouard Maunick, Jean Pérol, Bernard Mazo, Philippe Delaveau, Pierre Dhainaut, Henri Meschonnic, Michel Deguy, Alexandre Voisard, Max Alhau, Claudine Helft... French writers' organizations {{france-org-stub