About
French-Lithuanian poet who represented Lithuania at the League of Nations. His literary works include Les Arcanes (poems), L'Amoureuse Initiation (novel), and Contes et Fabliaux de la vieille Lithuanie (Lithuanian folk tales).
Before Fame
He began writing poetry in 1894. He published his first work, Le Poeme des Decadences, in 1899.
Trivia
His poetry is known for its imagery of loneliness and alchemy.
Family Life
He was born near Belarus to a Russian army officer father and a Polish-Jewish mother.
Associated With
He was a cousin of Polish writer Czeslaw Milosz.
