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- Writer Charles Vildrac, 1882
- Poet René Arcos, 1880
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Charles Vildrac (November 22, 1882 – June 25, 1971), born "Charles Messager", was a French playwright and poet.
Born in Paris, Vildrac's first poems were written when he was a teenager in the 1890s. In 1901 he published Le Verlibrisme, a defense of traditional verse. In 1912 he published a collection of prose poems.
He was a member of the l'Abbaye de Créteil which he founded with Georges Duhamel. The Prix de poésie Charles Vildrac is named for him.
René Arcos (Clichy, 16 September 1880 - Neuilly - sur - Seine , 16 July 1959) was a French poet and writer associated with the l' Abbaye de Créteil.
He met Georges Duhamel in 1906, with whom he participated in the group of l'Abbaye de Créteil. The Abbey villa on the Marne open to artists, ceased operations since 1908. René Arcos then moved to Paris. He gave lectures on poetry throughout Europe.
He served as a war correspondent for the Chicago Daily News during First World War.
He founded in 1918 a publishing house in Geneva and participated with Romain Rolland in the founding of the journal Europe of which he remained the editor until 1929.
A street is named after him in Créteil.