Francis Jammes is remembered for writing that changed what came after it.
The record lists Francis Jammes as French poet (1868-1938).
Francis Jammes was born at Tournay in 1868. His recorded nationality is France.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
He worked as poet, playwright and writer.
The writing is recorded in French.
His name is attached above all to lyricism and for singing the pleasures of a humble country life. Reputation in letters is unusually volatile: writers are forgotten for a generation and then recovered by one.
That the work was written from France matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Francis Jammes died in 1938, aged 70. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
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