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About Paul Léautaud

Birth

1872

Death

1956

Paul Léautaud was a French writer and theater critic for Mercure de France, signing his often caustic reviews with the pseudonym Maurice Boissard.

Paul Léautaud was a prolific French writer who excelled in poetry as well as literary and theatrical criticism.

Under the pseudonym Maurice Boissard, he left an indelible mark on the cultural scene of his time.

His most iconic work is the Journal littéraire, a fundamental testimony of 20th-century intellectual life.

Born in the heart of Paris in 1872, he dedicated his life to letters with a body of work spanning nearly a hundred titles.

As an exceptional diarist, Léautaud captured the essence of his era with a sharp and personal gaze.