Germain Nouveau born and died in Pourrières, Var, in France (31 July1851 - 4 April1920), was a French poet, associated with the symbolist movement. He was a friend of Rimbaud and Verlaine. In 1874 he traveled to London with Rimbaud. In 1876 he published Dixains réalistes, a parody of the Parnassians. In 1879-1881 he wrote Doctrine de l'amour a book of poems he later rejected, and was published against his wishes in 1904. He converted to catholicism and died in poverty. Among his best known poems are Les Cathédrales. Several posthumous poems and other works are collected in the Pléiade edition (Oeuvres Complètes. Pierre-Olivier Walzer (ed.) Paris: Gallimard, 1970).
5, rue Germain Nouveau
in Pourrières
Germain Nouveau’s house where he died on April 4, 1920
Germain Nouveau
Germain Nouveau's grave in Pourrières
Epitaph Who died in poverty Him, of the pleiad of kings The greatest poet of the Var Germain Nouveau of Pourrières