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Jacques Prévert: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born February 4, 1900 • Neuilly-sur-Seine • France
Died April 11, 1977 (aged 77) • France
Notable Works “Paroles” • “Tentative de description d’un dîner de têtes à Paris-France”
Movement / Style Surrealism

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Prévert, 1951
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Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
French poet and artist
Antonin Artaud as Jean Massieu
Antonin Artaud
French author and actor
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Alain Robbe-Grillet
French author
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Marguerite Duras
French author
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Jean Cayrol
French author
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Alexandre Trauner
French set designer
Pablo Picasso: Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia
French artist
André Breton
André Breton
French poet
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Henri Michaux
French painter and poet
Pablo Picasso: Max Jacob
Max Jacob
French poet
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Louis Aragon
French author
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Philippe Soupault
French writer
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René Char
French author
Éluard, 1947
Paul Éluard
French author
Desnos
Robert Desnos
French poet
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Pierre Reverdy
French poet
Gulzar
Gulzar
writer, film producer, and director
Dr. Maya Angelou sits and smiles, wearing a black outfit, in a wooden chair at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Maya Angelou
American poet, memoirist, and actress
Sherman Alexie, 2007
Sherman Alexie
American author

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