Léon Pierre-Quint
Léon Pierre-Quint, real name Léopold Léon Steindecker (born September 7, 1895 and died July 21, 1958) is an influential French writer, editor and literary critic of the first half of the 20th century.
Director of Éditions du Sagittaire for more than twenty years, he helped launch the surrealist movement. He was also the friend of Proust and Gide, to whom he devoted articles and works which are still referenced..
Resources
Léon Pierre-Quint, correspondence 1914-1938 (Russian collection) - defense Ecole des Chartes
Léon Pierre-Quint and creative criticism - Jean-Marie Dunoyer, Le Monde
Writers-editors: the sagittarius exception - Cairn, Béatrice Mousli
The Count of Lautréamont and God, by Léon Pierre-Quint
Mention of Léon Pierre-Quint in a text about Paulhan constellation :
- Esquisse d'un double portrait de Léon Pierre-Quint et de Jean Paulhan en maîtres de jeu de Bernard Baillaud
Text by Léon Pierre-Quint within the Paulhan constellation :
- In Memoriam Roger Gilbert-Lecomte de Léon Pierre-Quint