Selected Poems : with parallel French text
(Author) Guillaume Apollinaire
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Apollinaire is the most significant French poet of early modernism and the only great First World War poet from France. He coined the word 'surrealism' and was at the forefront of literary and artistic experimentalism. This new selection covers the full range of his career in facing-page translations, with some pictorial calligrams.
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Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
321
ISBN:
9780199687596
Publish year:
2015
Publish date:
Nov. 12, 2015
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) was a French poet and writer known for his collection of poems "Alcools" which revolutionized French poetry with its surreal imagery and free verse style. He coined the term "surrealism" and his work influenced many modernist and avant-garde writers, making him a key figure in 20th-century literature.