Pierre Quillard (born Paris, 14 July 1864 - died

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, 4 February 1912) was a French symbolist poet, playwright, translator (from Greek), and journalist. An

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and supporter of Dreyfus, he later became one of the first people to defend the

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persecuted under the

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. In his youth, Quillard was a pupil of the Lycée Fontanes, where he counted Éphraïm Mickaël, Stuart Merrill, René Ghil,

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, Rodolphe Darzens, and Georges Vanor among his classmates.

References

*Jean Maitron (dir.), ''Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier français. Troisième partie, 1871-1914, de la Commune à la Grande Guerre'', t. XIV, Éditions ouvrières, Paris, 1976 *Edmond Khayadjian, ''Archag Tchobanian et le mouvement arménophile en France'', CNDP, Marseille, 1986. 2^e édition : Sigest, Alfortville, 2001.

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