Louis Parrot (28 August 1906 – 24 August 1948) was a French poet, novelist and journalist.page on BnF
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and came from a family of laborers and artisans. He became an apprentice at 12 years old, first in a bank and then in a library, where he developed a love of books. He wrote his first poems in the early 1920s. The collection of poems « ''Misery Farm'' » in 1934 affirm his talent and his vocation as a poet. He went to do literary studies in Spain. He meet a lot of writers and poets including

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in Madrid. During the civil war, he returned to France. He joined the staff of the newspaper ''

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'' founded by

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and

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, and became chief editor in August 1944. During the World War II, he lived in Clermont-Ferrand and his house was a center of the Résistance for intellectuals. He died in

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, aged 41. As well as poetry, he wrote three novels, and several stories and essays of poetic inspiration.

Works

collection of poems * ''Ode à Minerve meurtrière'' * ''Tristesse des soirs paisibles'' * ''Cornemuse de l'orage'' * ''Misery farm'' * ''Mystères douloureux'' * ''Œil de fumée'' novels * ''Le Grenier à Sel'' * ''Nous reviendrons'' * ''La Flamme et la Cendre'' stories and essays * ''Panorama de la culture espagnole'' * ''Le poète et son image'' * ''Paul Éluard'' * ''L'intelligence en guerre'' * ''Où habite l'oubli'' * ''Federico Garcia Lorca'' * ''Ursule la laide'' * ''Blaise Cendrars'' * ''Paille noire des étables'' * ''Mozart''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parrot, Louis Writers from Tours, France 1906 births 1948 deaths 20th-century French poets French male poets French Resistance members 20th-century French male writers