Marie-Claire Bancquart described as one of the most "powerful" voices in contemporary French poetry, drawing comparisons to French poet Charles Baudelaire. In addition to her many volumes of poetry, Bancquart has also published books and essays on subjects such as surrealism and Anatole France. She is married to French composer Alain Bancquart. Marie-Claire Bancquart Marie-Claire Bancquart (born 21 July 1932) is a contemporary French poet, essayist, professor emerita and literary critic. She is the recipient of the Grand prix de la Critique littéraire of the Académie Française, the premier authority on matters related to French language and culture, as well as numerous
Marcelle Auclair Lourdes (1957). She also published biographies of Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, whom she knew personally (1968), and of the early 20th century pro-peace French socialist Jean Jaurès (1954). Auclair's first original publication was "Transparence", a book of original poetry in Spanish, published when she was 20 years old, and living in Santiago, Chile. Another early publication, in French, was Auclair's novel, "Toya", published in 1927. In 1937, Auclair and founded the fashion magazine "Marie Claire". Auclair wrote many articles for "Marie Claire", extending over a period of several years. In "A History of Private Life" (1991), writing