French literature generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by French citizens; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak tradit
Reading a contemporary French short story booklet
Paul Verlaine (far left) and Arthur Rimbaud (second to left) in an 1872 painting by Henri Fantin-Latour.
Samuel Beckett Walk, Paris (France). Nobel Prize 1969.
Seminar with Claude Simon, Cerisy (France). Nobel Prize 1985.
Pierre de Ronsard was a French poet. His works include Les Amours de Cassandre, Les Hymnes, Les Discours, La Franciade, and Sonnets pour Hélène.
Manoir de la Possonnière, Ronsard's home
A 1571 book of Ronsard's works