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Case in point — this poem. Yep. Don’t ask. This is a poem by French surrealist writer Louis Aragon titled “ Suicide ”. It was published in 1924. The poem is tongue-in-cheek piece that takes...
Louis Aragon, né probablement [note 1] le 3 octobre 1897 à Paris et mort le 24 décembre 1982 dans la même ville, est un poète, romancier et journaliste français. Avec André Breton , Tristan Tzara , Paul Éluard , Philippe Soupault , il est l'un des animateurs du dadaïsme parisien et du surréalisme .
Louis Aragon (born Oct. 3, 1897, Paris, France—died Dec. 24, 1982, Paris) was a French poet, novelist, and essayist who was a political activist and spokesperson for communism. Through the Surrealist poet André Breton, Aragon was introduced to avant-garde movements such as Dadaism. Together with Philippe Soupault, he and Breton founded the ...
Louis Aragon. 1897–1982. Unknown author / Public domain. A major figure in the avant-garde movements that shaped French literary and visual culture in the 20th century, Louis Marie Alfred Antoine Aragon was born in the Beaux Quartiers arrondissement of Paris in 1897. His parents were unmarried, and Aragon grew up believing his mother was his ...
Louis Aragon, the French poet and Communist Party luminary, died yesterday at his home in Paris. He was 85 years old. Novelist, poet and essayist, Dadaist, Surrealist and Marxist, battlefield...
However, even though Picasso firmly refuted the claim that his portrait was intended as a mockery, the scandal was such that Aragon even threatened suicide while Picasso referred to 1953 as his "saison en enfer" ("season in hell").
Louis Aragon died on 24 December 1982, his friend Jean Ristat sitting up with him. He was buried in the parc of Moulin de Villeneuve , in his property of Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines , alongside his wife Elsa Triolet.
