Editing Paul Fort (section)

==Life and career==
Paul Fort was born in [[Reims]], Marne ''[[département]]'', France in 1872. His father, an insurance agent, moved the family to Paris in 1878. While attending secondary school at the [[Lycée Louis-le-Grand]], he became a noted part of the artistic community of [[Montparnasse]]. He sought out the company of avant-garde artists and befriended [[André Gide]] and [[Pierre Louÿs]]. His work in the independent theatre movement spanned 1890 through 1892. Fort then devoted himself to poetry, publication, and advancing new writers. By 1912, his accomplishments and influence were such that he was given the title [[Prince des poètes|"Prince of the Poets"]] (honorific title given in France to poets, such as Verlaine and Mallarmé, after the death of their predecessor).

One of his works, "La Ronde", has become famous worldwide as a plea for world friendship.

Fort died on 20 April 1960, in [[Montlhéry]], a suburb south of Paris where he had lived since 1921, and is buried in the [[Cimetière de Montlhéry]].