Louis Parrot

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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
personal data
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