Maurice Alphonse Jacques Fombeure (born in Jardres (Vienne) 23 September 1906; died at La Verrière (Yvelines) 1 January 1981) was a 20th-century French writer and poet. The son of an agricultural family from Poitou, he studied at the École normale (Normal school) in Poitiers and then at the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud. He taught in Parisian lycées, including the Lycée Lavoisier, but remained always attached to his region of birth. Very active in the literary circles of the capital, he was awarded the Grand Prix for poetry by the town of Paris in 1958.A museum has been dedicated to him in Bonneuil-Matours, which contains originals of his works as well as numerous personal effects.