Mythmaking collects Robert Desnos' mythologically themed poems - Le Fard des Argonauts (1919), Minotaure (1930), Bacchus et Apollon (1942), Le Satyr (1942), and the extended poem Le Bain avec Andromède (1944) - several of which appear in English for the first time. These poems span the writing career of Robert Desnos, from his early beginning as a founding Surrealist through the 1940's when he joined the Resistance against the Vichy Government and wrote poetry opposing the German Occupation of France. An anthology of poems in original French with English translations. Illustrated by Elise Soroka.

Mythmaking: The Mythological Poetry of Robert Desnos

Robert Desnos

Air and Nothingness Press

<p>Robert Desnos (1900-1945) was one of the primary poets and writers of the Surrealist movement of 1924-1930. He wrote, and collaboratively wrote, many influential and celebrated books. Besides poetry, Desnos wrote on a wide range of subjects from film texts and criticism to novels. During WWII he became a poet of the resistance, but was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to several notorious concentration camps for the duration of the war. He died as a result of his internment. This is the most comprehensive anthology of the writings of Robert Desnos ever assembled and translated into the English language. The extensive poetry section is bilingual. The English translations are by the most renowned translators of Robert Desnos.</p>

Essential Poems & Writings of Robert Desnos

Literature & Fiction

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Commonwealth Books, Black Widow

Surrealist, Lover, Resistant: Collected Poems - Arc Classic Translations

This extensive and wide-ranging selection is taken from three collections of the poetry of one of France's most exciting writers of the twentieth century, the surrealist Robert Desnos. Hailed as the 'prophet' of the Surrealist movement by Andre Breton, Desnos was a hugely influential figure across all art forms at the time.

Surrealist, Lover, Resistant: Collected Poems (English and French Edition)

Arc Publications

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