Maurice Léon Bazalgette (8 May 1873 – 31 December 1928) was a French literary critic, biographer and translator. His translations of the works of Walt Whitman introduced Whitman to the French public.[3]
In 1908, he published a biography of Walt Whitman, "Whitman, the man and the work". In 1909, he published a translation of Leaves of Grass. In 1924 he published a biography of Henry David Thoreau, Henry Thoreau, Sauvage.
^Racine, Nicole (November 6, 2022). "BAZALGETTE Léon". Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier – via Le Maitron.
^"Mercure de France : série moderne". Mercure de France. 15 January 1929. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
^"L'Humanité: journal socialiste quotidien". L'Humanité. Parti communiste français. 2 January 1929. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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