Paul Eluard (Eluard Paul)

(1895-1952)
Born December 14, 1895 in Saint-Denis. Belonged to the trends of Dada and Surrealism, to the Second World War was one of the leaders of the French avant-garde poetry. Almost all his poems - attempts to convey the lyrical vision of a world beyond reality. Among his poetry books - die from the, . not die (Mourir de ne pas mourir, . 1924), . Grad grief (Capitale de la douleur, . 1926), . Life Itself (La Vie immdiate, . 1932), . The natural course of things (Cours naturel, . 1938), . Poetry and truth in 1942 (Posie et vrit1942, . 1943),
. However, the leader of the Surrealists A. Breton issued a kind of subconscious study called the Immaculate Conception (L'Immacule conception, 1930). Later verses Eluard, . written during the Nazi occupation of France, . evidence of its partial withdrawal from the pure art in the direction of political and social themes - collections decent life (Dignes de vivre, . 1944), . Face to face with the Germans (Au rendez-vous allemand, . 1944), . Unhappiness immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels, . 1945),
. Eluard died at Charenton November 18, 1952.