Modern French Poetry |
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L'Héritage Romantique |
Victor Hugo |
Major Works:
Les Orientales (1829)
Les Feuilles d'automne (1831)
Les Chants du crépuscule (1835)
Les Contemplations (1856) |
Born 26 February 1802 in Besançon, France
Died 22 May 1885 at age 83 in Paris, France |
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Major Works:
Les fleurs du mal (1857)
Petits poèmes en prose (1869) |
Born 9 April 1821 in Paris, France
Died 31 August 1867 at age 46 in Paris, France |
Symbolistes et Décadents |
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Major Works:
Poésies (c. 1869-1873)
Une Saison en Enfer (1873)
Illuminations (1874)
Lettres (1870-1891)
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Born 20 October 1854 in Charleville, France
Died 10 November 1891 at age 37 in Marseille, France |
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Major Works:
L'après-midi d'un faune, 1876
Les Mots anglais, 1878
Les Dieux antiques, 1879
Divagations, 1897 |
Born 18 March 1842 in Paris, France
Died 9 September 1898 at age 56 in Valvins, France |
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Major Works:
Album des vers anciens (1920)
Charmes (1922)
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Born 30 October 1871 in Sète, France
Died 20 July 1945 at age 73 in Paris, France |
Les Avants-Gardes |
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Major Works:
Le bestiaire ou le cortège d'Orphée, 1911
Alcools, 1913
Calligrammes, 1918
Il y a... , 1925
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Born 26 August 1880 in Rome, Italy
Died 9 November 1918 at age 38 in Paris, France |
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Major Works:
Vingt-cinq poèmes, 1918
De la coup aux lèvres, 1961
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Born 4 (or 16) April 1896 in Moinesti, Romania
Died 25 December 1963 at age 67 in Paris, France |
Le Surréalisme |
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Major Works:
Les Champs Magnétiques, 1920
Manifeste du Surrealisme , 1924
Les pas perdus, 1924
L'Amour Fou, 1937
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Born 19 February 1896 in Tinchebray, France
Died
28 September 1966 at age 70 in Paris, France |
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Major Works:
Feu de joie, 1919
Le Crève-Cœur, 1941
Cantique à Elsa, 1942
Les Yeux d'Elsa, 1942
En étrange pays dans mon pays lui-même, 1945
Les Poètes , 1960 |
Born 3 October 1897 in Paris, France
Died
24 December 1982 at age 85 in Paris, France |
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Major Works:
Le Dialogue des inutiles (1914)
Le Devoir (1916)
Poèmes pour la paix (1918)
Répétitions (1922)
Les Malheurs des immortels (1922)
Une vague de rêve (1924) |
Born 14 December 1895 in Saint-Denis, France
Died
18 November 1952 at age 56 in Paris, France |
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Major Works:
Deuil pour deuil (1924)
La Liberté ou l'amour! (1927)
Corps et biens (1930)
État de veille (1943)
Le vin est tiré (1943) |
Born 4 July 1900 in Paris, France
Died
8 June 1945 at age 44 in
Czechoslovakia |