Gustave Kahn
Gustave Kahn · Arts & Literature
Poet / lyricist
1859, Metz, France — 1936, Paris, France
France (Paris)
Gustave Kahn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Poet / lyricist
French Symbolist poet and art critic who claimed to have coined the term 'vers libre' (free verse) and was among its first European practitioners. Through the review 'La Vogue' he helped define Symbolism and advance writers such as Laforgue and Rimbaud. A Jew from Lorraine, he was active in Zionism and Jewish cultural life.
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Poet / lyricist
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