Breton, André
Breton, André ( 1896 – 1966 ),French poet, essayist, and critic, one of the founders of Surrealism . He collaborated with Philippe Soupault on Les Champs magnétiques of 1920 , an early experiment in automatic writing, and he wrote his first Surrealist Manifesto in 1924 , followed by a second in 1930 and Prolegomènes ( 1942 ). He was instrumental in the direction of two surrealist periodicals, La Révolution surréaliste ( 1924 – 30 ) and Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution ( 1930 – 3 ). He produced a number of volumes of poetry, including Clair de terre ( 1923 ), Le Revolver à cheveux blancs ( 1932 ), and L'Air de l'eau ( 1934 ), as well as narrative works, Nadja ( 1928 ; English trans., 1960 ), Les Vases communicants ( 1932 ), and L'Amour fou ( 1937 ). His theoretical essays are collected in Les Pas perdus ( 1924 ),...
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