Louis Parrot
Louis Parrot (born August 28, 1906 in Tours , † 1948 in Paris ) was a French poet, essayist, journalist and translator.
Parrot published his first volume of poetry, Ode à Minerve meurtrière , in 1924 , which was followed by more in 1925 and 1927. He was friends with René Char and Pierre Reverdy and, since the Spanish Civil War, with Paul Éluard . In 1937 his translation of the main work by José Ortega y Gasset La rebelión de las masas was published .
During the Second World War, Parrot worked for the Parisian underground publisher Éditions de Minuit . In 1944, the portrait of Paul Éluard appeared as his first contribution to the series Poètes d'aujourd'hui of Edition Seghers . Biographies of Federico García Lorca (1947) and Blaise Cendrars followed .
In 1946 L'Intelligence en guerre was published , the first coherent account of the artistic and intellectual Resistance in France during the German occupation.
Works
- Ode à Minerve meurtrière , 1924
- Tristesse des soirs paisibles , 1925
- Cornemuse de l'orage , 1927
- Misery farm , 1934
- Le poète et son image , 1943
- Paul Éluard , 1944
- Où habite l'oubli , 1944
- Mystères douloureux , 1945
- L'intelligence en guerre (1940-1945), la résistance intellectuelle sous l'occupation , 1946
- Federico Garcia Lorca , 1947
- Blaise Cendrars , 1948
- Œil de fumée , 1953
- Mozart
- Nous reviendrons
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SURNAME | Parrot, Louis |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French poet, essayist, journalist and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1906 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tours |
DATE OF DEATH | 1948 |
Place of death | Paris |