Francis Ponge (1899 ~ 1988) is a contemporary French poet and critic. Born in Montpellier, southern France, to a bourgeois family. As a teenager, he traveled extensively in Europe. During World War II, he participated in the resistance movement and became the editor-in-chief of the literary edition of Action. With his overall achievements in poetry, Ponger won the National Poetry Award of 198 1, the Poetry Award of the French Academy of 1984 and the Literature Award of the French Literary Artists Association of 1985. Francis Ponge (1899 ~ 1988) is a contemporary French poet and critic. Born in Montpellier, southern France, to a bourgeois family. As a teenager, he traveled extensively in Europe. During World War II, he participated in the resistance movement and became the editor-in-chief of the literary edition of Action. With his overall achievements in poetry, Ponger won the National Poetry Award of 198 1, the Poetry Award of the French Academy of 1984 and the Literature Award of the French Literary Artists Association of 1985.