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André Lebey
1877–1938
A French man of letters who moved easily between poetry, fiction, history, and public life, his work reflects both literary curiosity and strong political conviction. He wrote with the energy of someone deeply engaged in the cultural and social debates of early 20th-century France.
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Ameno Kamato
by André Lebey
About the author
Born in Dieppe in 1877, André Lebey was a French poet, novelist, historian, and socialist politician. He belonged to a lively literary world and was associated with writers such as Paul Valéry and Pierre Louÿs, while also building a career that reached beyond literature into journalism and public service.
Lebey wrote across several genres, from poetry and fiction to historical and political works. Sources describe him as an active participant in French intellectual life, and his bibliography shows a wide range of interests rather than a single narrow specialty. That variety gives his work a distinctive character: literary, curious, and closely tied to the ideas and conflicts of his time.
He also took part directly in politics, serving as a deputy for Seine-et-Oise in the years around the First World War. Lebey died in Paris in 1938, leaving behind the image of a writer who treated literature not as something separate from the world, but as one way of engaging with it.