written when he was 17, that shows him struggling with his homosexual urges. The poem is dedicated to his friend Daniel Halévy, and he wrote to him in a letter: "Don't treat me as a pederast, that wounds me. Morally I'm trying, if only out of a sense of elegance, to remain pure." The poem is titled "Pederasty."Pederasty
Translated by Richard Howard
To Daniel Halévy
from The Daily Beast: Marcel Proust's First Poem, 'Pederasty,' Shows Him Struggling With Homosexuality
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