Édouard Jaguer (8 August 1924, Paris – Paris 9 May 2006) was a French
poet
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and
art critic
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linked with the
surrealist
Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to l ...
movement including
Maurice Blanchard,
Laurence Iché,
Régine Raufast,
Robert Rius and Tita.
[Historical Dictionary of Surrealism - p 311 pKeith Aspley - 2010 "Other members of the group included Maurice Blanchard, Laurence Iché, Édouard Jaguer, Régine Raufast, Robert Rius and Tita. Its founding manifesto was entitled “État de présence.” It was an important mouthpiece for those Surrealists who ..]
Revues
He was involved with many groups and ''revues'' including:
* La Main a la Plume
* La Revolution la Nuit
* le Surrealisme-Revolutionaire
*
Rixes
*
COBRA
* Phases
* Boa
* Il Gesto
* Salamande
* La Breche
* Aujourd'hui
*
XXme Siecle
* Ellebore
* Les Deux Soeurs
* La Tour du Feu
* La Nef
Bibliography
* La Poutre creuse (1950) - poetry
* La Nuit est faite pour ouvrir les portes (1955) - poetry
* Le Mur derrière le mur (1958) - poetry
* Regards obliques sur une histoire parallèle (1977) - poetry
* Les Mystères de la chambre noire (Flammarion, 1983) - surrealist photography
* Das Surrealistiche gedichte (German, 1985) - poetry anthology
* Le Surréalisme face à la littérature (
Le Temps qu'il fait Le Temps qu'il fait is a French publishing house, first established in Cognac, and active since 1981.
History
Created and directed by Georges Monti, Le Temps qu'il fait is now located at Bazas, in Gironde. The house draws its name from the epony ...
,
Cognac
Cognac ( , also , ) is a variety of brandy named after the Communes of France, commune of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the Departments of France, departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime.
Cog ...
, 1989)
* L’Excès dans la mesure (1995) - poetry
* Cobra au cœur du XXe siècle (Galilée, Paris 1997)
* L’Envers de la panoplie (Syllepse, "Libre espace", 2000) - poetry
* Monographies on
Alechinsky,
Baj, Cornell, Freddie, Gallizioli, Gironella, Jom, Lacomblez, Margonari, Perahim, Oelze, Pozzati,
Remedios Varo
María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (16 December 1908 – 8 October 1963) was a Spanish-born Mexican surrealist artist working in Spain, France, and Mexico.
Early life
Remedios Varo Uranga was born in Anglès, is a small town ...
and Revilla.
References
1924 births
2006 deaths
French male poets
20th-century French poets
20th-century French male writers
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