Patrice Contamine de Latour (17 March 1867 – 24 May 1926),[1] born in Tarragona as José Maria Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel Contamine and published as J. P. Contamine de Latour,[2] was a Spanish poet who lived in Paris.

Patrice Contamine de Latour
De Latour, from La presse française au vingtième siècle, in 1901
Born	José Maria Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel Contamine (1867-03-17)17 March 1867 Tarragona, Spain
Died	24 May 1926(1926-05-24) (aged 59) Paris, France
Occupation	Poet

He was a friend of composer Erik Satie, whose famous piano suites Sarabandes (1887) and Gymnopédies (1888) were inspired by his poetry. Satie wrote a short comic opera with text by de Latour written under the pseudonym "Lord Cheminot",[2] and also composed the piano piece The Dreamy Fish to accompany a lost tale by de Latour.[3][4]

Latour died in Paris.^{[citation needed]}

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