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Born July 4, 1900 • Paris • France
Died June 8, 1945 (aged 44) • Czechoslovakia
Movement / Style Surrealism • automatism

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René Char
French author
André Breton
André Breton
French poet
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Louis Aragon
French author
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Philippe Soupault
French writer
Éluard, 1947
Paul Éluard
French author
Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
French poet and artist
Pablo Picasso: Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia
French artist
Antonin Artaud as Jean Massieu
Antonin Artaud
French author and actor
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Henri Michaux
French painter and poet
Pablo Picasso: Max Jacob
Max Jacob
French poet
Prévert, 1951
Jacques Prévert
French poet
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Pierre Reverdy
French poet
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Marcel Broodthaers
Belgian artist
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Paul Nougé
Belgian author
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Christian Dotremont
Belgian author
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Tchicaya U Tam’si
Congolese poet
French dramatist Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
French author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer

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