André Breton (Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th Century)
Early Life
André Breton was born in Tinchebray, Normandy, on February 19, 1896. His family
came, though, from Brittany and Lorraine, and he spent his youth in Lorient on the Brittany coast.
In 1907, he was sent to the prestigious Lycée Chaptal in Paris, from which he was
graduated in 1912. His parents then sent him to the University of Paris to begin his medical studies.
Although he was a respectable student, his interests lay elsewhere, specifically in the latest
productions of the emerging modernist poets such as [The entire page is 2910 words long]
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