He was now in an even stronger position to fight for the rights of writers than he had been during his decade as a diligent and eloquent President of the French Centre. 
As the author of two collections of poetry before the Second World War, De vous la merveille (the title <tag "515648">derives</> from Malherbe) and Sens de la solitude, he had made a marked impression both with the precocity of his talent and the lean distinction of his looks.   

