Louis Parrot (28 August 1906 – 24 August 1948) was a French poet, novelist and journalist.
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Louis Parrot was born in Tours
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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 Paul Éluard
Paul Éluard (), born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (; 14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952), was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement.
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in Madrid. During the civil war, he returned to France. He joined the staff of the newspaper ''Ce soir
''Ce soir'' (English: "Tonight"), was a French daily newspaper founded by the French Communist Party and directed by Louis Aragon and Jean-Richard Bloch.
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'' founded by Jean-Richard Bloch
Jean-Richard Bloch (25 May 1884 in Paris – 15 March 1947) was a French critic, novelist and playwright.
He was a member of the French Communist Party (PCF) and worked with Louis Aragon in the evening daily ''Ce soir''.
Early life
Jean Bloc ...
and Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon (; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the Surrealism, surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littératur ...
, 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 Paris
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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''
References
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Writers from Tours, France
1906 births
1948 deaths
20th-century French poets
French male poets
French Resistance members
20th-century French male writers