biography
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Eluard, Paul
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pseudonym of Eugène Grindel
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pronunciation:
[elwah(r)]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1895–1952)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Saint-Denis, NC France. He was one of the founders of the Surrealist movement in literature. His first collection of poetry was Capitale de la douleur (1926, Capital of Sorrow). Many of his works reflect the major events of the century, such as the World Wars, the Resistance, and the aspirations of the Communist Party, which he joined in 1942. |
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