Valery Larbaud

Valery Larbaud (29 August 1881 – 2 February 1957) was a French writer, poet, and translator.
Larbaud's most famous book is "Fermina Marquez". It came out in 1911. It is about a beautiful girl's visit to a boys boarding school.
Larbaud is well-known for translating important writing in English into French. He translated work by Sir Thomas Browne, the English novelist Samuel Butler, the U.S. poet Walt Whitman, and James Joyce.