Maurice Léon Bazalgette (8 May 1873 – 31 December 1928) was a French literary critic, biographer and translator. His translations of the works of Walt Whitman introduced Whitman to the French public.[3]

Léon Bazalgette
Born(1873-05-08)May 8, 1873
DiedDecember 31, 1928(1928-12-31) (aged 55)
Resting placeAvernes-sous-Exmes[1]
Known forliterary critic, biographer and translator
PartnerAugustine Perrin[2]

In 1905, through Émile Verhaeren, he became acquainted with Stefan Zweig. Zweig recounts their friendship in his memoir, The World of Yesterday.

In 1908, he published a biography of Walt Whitman, "Whitman, the man and the work". In 1909, he published a translation of Leaves of Grass. In 1924 he published a biography of Henry David Thoreau, Henry Thoreau, Sauvage.

Bazalgette frequented the Abbaye de Créteil, a community of artists founded by Georges Duhamel and Charles Vildrac. He wrote for Clarté, La Vie Ouvrière, and from 1926 to 1928 he had a column in communist newspaper L'Humanité.[4]

He is buried in the cemetery of Avernes-sous-Exmes, Orne, where he owned a country house, the Moulin des Noës.

References

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  1. ^ https://www.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article5670
  2. ^ Racine, Nicole (November 6, 2022). "BAZALGETTE Léon". Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier – via Le Maitron.
  3. ^ "Mercure de France : série moderne". Mercure de France. 15 January 1929. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. ^ "L'Humanité: journal socialiste quotidien". L'Humanité. Parti communiste français. 2 January 1929. Retrieved 16 May 2022.