André Fontainas (1865–1948) was a Belgian Symbolist poet and critic. He was born in

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. He spent much of his life in France. He taught at Lycee Fontaines. He was a member of the Académie Mallarmé.

Works

Poetry

* ''Le sang des fleurs'', Imprimerie Veuve Monnom, 1889 * * ''Nuits d'Epiphanie'' 1894 * ''Les Estuaires d'ombre'', 1896 * ''Crépuscules'', 1897 * ''L'Eau du Fleuve'', 1897 * * * *''L'oeuvre d'André Fontainas'', Marguerite Bervoets (ed), Palais des Académies, 1949 *''Choix de poèmes'', Mercure de France, 1950

Novel

Memoirs

* ''Mes souvenirs du symbolisme'', La Nouvelle revue critique, 1928 * ''Confession d'un poète'', Mercure de France, 1936

Non-fiction

* *''Frans Hals'', H. Laurens 1908 * *''Courbet'', F. Alcan, 1921 *''La peinture de Daumier'', G. Crès et cie, 1923 *''Constantin Meunier'', Alcan, 1923 *''Rops'', F. Alcan, 1925 *''Constable'', Translator Wilfrid Scarborough Jackson, John Lane, 1927 *''Bonnard'', Librairie de France, 1928 *''Dans la lignée de Baudelaire'', La Nouvelle revue critique, 1930 *''Tableau de la poésie française d'aujourd'hui'', La Nouvelle revue critique, 1931 *''L'Antisémitisme: son histoire et ses causes'', J. Crès, 1934

References

1865 births 1948 deaths Writers from Brussels Belgian poets in French {{Belgium-writer-stub