Léon Deubel (22 March 1879 – 12 June 1913) was a French poet.

Biography

Poor, misfit, he killed himself by plunging into the Marne after he burned his manuscripts. Deubel is considered to have been the last ''

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Bibliography

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, ''Le Poète Léon Deubel'', Paris, R. Debresse, Bibliothèque de l’artistocratie, 1939, 63 pages.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Deubel, Leon 1879 births 1913 deaths French poets 1913 suicides Suicides by drowning in France