Jean Moreas

Jean Moréas (1856-1910), born Iannis Papadiamontopolos, was a Greek poet who wrote in the French language.

He was an adherent of the school of Symbolism, and wrote the Symbolist Manifesto. In his lifestyle and dress, he was a noted exponent of dandyism, and his verse was marked by the highly embellished mannerisms of the Symbolist school. His later work is marked by a return to classicism and the style of the Parnassians.

His most important publications were:

• Les Syrtes (1884)
• Les Cantilènes (1886)
• Le Pèlerin passioné (1891)
• Stances (1893)
• Contes de la vielle France (1904)

External link

Poems of Jean Moréas (in French): http://poesie.webnet.fr/auteurs/moreas.html