Jules Tellier

Born in Le Havre on February 13, 1863, Jules Tellier became known as a French writer, poet, and journalist. He studied at the university from 1882 and worked as a teacher in several cities, including Cherbourg, Langres, Constantine, and Moissac, before turning more fully toward literary and journalistic life in Paris.

Tellier wrote poetry as well as criticism, and he is especially remembered for Nos poètes (1888), a book of literary portraits, along with collections such as Brumes and the posthumous Reliques. His writing combines sensitivity with sharp judgment, which helped him stand out in the lively French literary world of the late nineteenth century.

His career was brief: he died in Toulouse on May 29, 1889, reportedly of typhoid fever while returning from travel. Even so, his work left a clear impression, and later studies and reissues helped preserve the voice of a writer whose promise was cut short far too early.