French poet

Parisian verse writer

A French poet is a poet from France or one who writes poetry in French.

The term appears frequently in literary contexts and translations: Baudelaire was a French poet known for symbolism, She studied the French poets of the nineteenth century.

Sometimes used attributively to describe a certain romantic or bohemian sensibility associated with French literary culture.

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