Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules ValĂ©ry (French: [pÉl valeÊi]; 30 October 1871 â 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events. ValĂ©ry was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 12 different years. ValĂ©ry was born to a Corsican father and Genoese-Istrian mother in SĂšte, a town on the Mediterranean coast of the HĂ©rault Read more on Last.fm