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Léo Larguier
1878–1950
A poet, novelist, and memoirist from the Cévennes, this French writer brought warmth and wit to books shaped by memory, friendship, and literary life in Paris. He later joined the Académie Goncourt, linking his name to one of France’s best-known literary circles.
2 Audiobooks
Le dimanche avec Paul Cézanne (souvenirs)
by Léo Larguier
La Poupée
by Léo Larguier
About the author
Born in 1878 in La Grand-Combe in southern France, Léo Larguier grew up in the Cévennes, a landscape that remained important in his writing. He became known as a man of letters whose work moved between poetry, fiction, and personal recollection.
His books often drew on memory and observation, mixing charm, humor, and affection for people and places. He was also closely connected to the Paris literary world and eventually became a member of the Académie Goncourt, a sign of the esteem he earned among French writers.
Larguier died in 1950. Remembered both for his own books and for the lively literary world he captured, he remains a distinctive voice of early 20th-century French literature.