Patrice Contamine de Latour
Patrice Contamine de Latour, born in Tarragona as José Maria Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel Contamine and published as J. P. Contamine de Latour, was a Spanish poet who lived in Paris.
He was a friend of composer Erik Satie, whose famous piano suites Sarabandes and Gymnopédies were inspired by his poetry. Satie wrote a short comic opera with text by de Latour written under the pseudonym "Lord Cheminot", and also composed the piano piece The Dreamy Fish to accompany a lost tale by de Latour.
Latour died in Paris.
