Supervieille, Jules (1884–1960)

French writer, born in Uruguay. His later poetry, as in the collection Gravitations 1925, shows an individual style, characterized by simplicity and humanity. He also enjoyed success with his novels and short-story collections, including L'Homme de la pampa/The Man from the Pampas 1923 and L'Arche de Noé/Noah's Ark 1938.

Supervieille began by writing poetry in the style of Les Parnassiens. His later poetry includes Le forçat innocent/The Innocent Convict 1930, Les Amis inconnus/Unknown Friends 1934, and the beautiful wartime poems, written in South America, Poèmes de la France malheureuse/Poems of Unfortunate France 1941.