Valéry

American  

[va-lay-ree] / va leɪˈri /

noun

1. Paul 1871–1945, French poet and philosopher.

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Valéry British  

/ valeri /

noun

1. Paul (pɔl). 1871–1945, French poet and essayist, influenced by the symbolists, esp Mallarmé. He wrote lyric poetry, rich in imagery, as in La Jeune Parque (1917) and Album de vers anciens 1890–1900 (1920)

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Valéry

“This is a huge surprise, to be honest,” says astronomer and lead author of the new study Valéry Lainey, who studies the dynamics of Saturn’s moons at the Observatoire de Paris in France.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 7, 2024

He joined the Socialist party in 1971, but both the left-wing François Mitterrand and the conservative Valéry Giscard d' Estaing asked him to join them three years later.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023

The poet Paul Valéry noted that "a civilization has the same fragility as a life."

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2022

Every surface of his bathroom, from the ceiling to the inside of the shower, was covered with photographs of friends and artists, including Paul Valéry, Robert Frost, Harold Bloom and Susan Sontag.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022

When the poet Paul Valéry once asked Einstein if he kept a notebook to record his ideas, Einstein looked at him with mild but genuine surprise.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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