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André Breton

André Breton

André Breton (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʀe bʀəˈtɔ̃]) (February 19, 1896 – September 28, 1966) was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist, and is best known as the principal founder of Surrealism. His writings include the Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure...
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Les Champs Magnétiques

Les Champs Magnétiques (The Magnetic Fields) is a novel by André Breton and Philippe Soupault. It is famed as the first work of literary Surrealism. Published in 1920, the authors used a surrealist automatic writing technique. The book is considered...

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Manifeste du Surréalisme. Poisson soluble

Two Surrealist Manifestos (French: Le Manifeste du Surréalisme) were issued by the Surrealist movement, in 1924 and 1929, respectively. The first was written by André Breton, the second was supervised by him. Breton drafted a third Surrealist...

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  • 1924

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  • 1924

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Nadja

One of the iconic works of the French surrealist movement, Nadja is the second novel published by André Breton, in 1928. It starts with the question "Who am I?" It is based on Breton's interactions with an actual young woman (Nadja) over the course...

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  • 1928

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L'Amour fou

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  • 1937

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