About the Author

Cecile Perin (1877-1956) was born in Reims, France. Her first book of poetry was published in 1906. She eventually had some 20 volumes of poetry published in Paris and France. She died in an auto accident in France in 1956. Despite wide popularity and respect in France, at a time when women poets were often neglected, her poetry is almost unknown in the United States. Norman R. Shapiro has taken on the responsibility to see that she is better known, putting together this 700 page selected poems, covering and selecting from all 20 plus published books.