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Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist, and founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism.
Famous poet / 1899-1959. Benjamin Peret. Benjamin Péret was born at Rézé, on July 4, 1899. He was arrested for painting a town statue with a friend in 1917. He was presented with two choices: go to jail or go to war. His mother insisted on the latter, which Péret, it is said, never forgave her for. Once enlisted, he was whisked off to the Balkans.
Benjamin Péret, né le 4 juillet 1899 à Rezé (Loire-Atlantique) et mort le 18 septembre 1959 à Paris, est un écrivain et poète surréaliste, usant également des pseudonymes de Satyremont, Peralda et Peralta [1].
- 4 juillet 1899Rezé, Loire-Atlantique
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French, 1899–1959. Works. Exhibitions.
Benjamin Péret 1899–-1959. French poet, short-story writer, and essayist. Péret was an early poet of the French Surrealist movement, which began in the 1920s.
The reputation of Benjamin Péret (1899–1959) has always been overshadowed by that of Breton. Less well-known than the leader of surrealism, Péret was just as devoted to surrealist principles ...
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Benjamin Peret is a poet like no other. One of the original group of Surrealists, he seceded from Dada in 1924 and remained faithful to Surrealist principles until his death in 1959.
