A medical doctor graduated in 1901, Henri Vangeon (1875-1944) was early known as a writer with the name of Henri Ghéon. In poetry, he joined the group of the symbolists lead by Mallarmé and Verhaeren. His activity grew with publishing reponsibility for the review 'Ermitage, followed by the NRF founded in 1909 by Gide, Schlumberger and soon after with Gallimard. Mainly devoted to novels and plays, the NRF rapidly succeeded. During the war, Ghéon acted in the health serv- ice. Then; he returned to the christianfaith, and lead his own way for creating numerous religious plays, honorated in Canada in 1938. In june 1944, he died in Paris.