François Porché (born Cognac, November 21, 1877 - died Vichy, April 19, 1944) was a French dramatist, poet and literary critic. The French Academy awarded him the in 1923. Les Butors et la Finette, a "symbolical and allegorical drama" premiered in 1917, in 1927 (in New York City) and in 1934. He published a war poem in 1916 and a poetry collection called in memory of the poet.