The creativity of the French poet Paul Valerie is permeated with the spirit of an aesthetic attitude to the phenomena of life. His poems and prose essays are a subject for enjoying verbal art. Paul Valerie created a lot of brilliant aphorisms regarding history, music, literature.
Biography
The homeland of Paul Valerie is a cozy place Set, a town located on the azure coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The name of the poet completely sounds like Ambroise Paul Toussin Jules Valerie, in accordance with the traditions of the Corsican family in which he was born in October 1871 in 1871.
The younger years of Paul Valerie took place in Montpellier, where parents sent the child to receive a classical education according to the canons of Catholicism. As an adult, a young man enters a local university to study law. Then followed a move to Paris, which became the poet's favorite place of residence.
Career and literary work
The career of Paul Valerie was successful - he joined the Ministry of War. Once, a famous educated lawyer was invited to work as a personal secretary by the famous director of the Hawas agency Eduard Lebe. This work attracted the attention of Paul Valerie and he spent twenty years in his new position. Career was interrupted due to the death of Edouard Lebes in 1922. Over the years of service, the budding writer had a lot of interesting acquaintances, he began to try his hand at writing.
The flowering of literary talent occurred in the twenties of the last century. Paul Valerie writes excellent comments on novels and short stories by French authors, composes exquisite essays, and tries himself in oratory. The author became known not only in France, but also in Europe. Paul Valerie was honored to be elected to the French Academy. This event took place in 1925. Paul Valerie creates a series of lectures on the issues of culture and social development, which he speaks in professional communities. It is known that the French essayist successfully represented France in the world famous organization League of Nations and took part in its meetings on cultural issues.
Social work
Paul Valerie led an active public life. Thanks to his efforts in Cannes, an educational institution where students studied in depth the subtleties of the French language and the cultural traditions of France. This famous International College, created in 1931, still exists and continues to produce highly educated intellectuals from its ancient walls.
Paul Valerie was professionally interested in European literature. He participated in lectures on the 100th anniversary of the death of the German poet Goethe, whose poetry he loved very much. The famous Frenchman was invited as an honorary member to the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, to the National Writers Front. The political position of Paul Valerie was adamant - he refused to cooperate with the criminal regimes during the Second World War.
