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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 ...

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s, known for writing material within the Surrealist

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that began in the early 1920s.

Surrealist poets

* Will Alexander (born 1948) - American Surrealist poet, novelist, essayist, playwright *

Louis Aragon Louis Aragon (, , 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littérature''. He ...

(1897–1982) - French poet who co-founded the surrealist review ''

Littérature ''Littérature'' was a literary and surrealistic magazine edited by André Breton, Philippe Soupault, and Louis Aragon. Its first issue was published on March 19, 1919. Dwindling circulation would prompt Breton to terminate publication after the A ...

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Braulio Arenas Braulio Arenas (La Serena (Chile), La Serena, April 4, 1913 - †Santiago de Chile, Santiago May 12, 1988) was a Chilean poet and writer, founder of the surrealism, surrealist ''Mandrágora'' group. Life Braulio Arenas lived most of his youth i ...

(1913–1988) -

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an poet and writer, founder of the surrealist '' Mandrágora'' group * Antonin Artaud (1896–1948) - French poet, essayist, and dramatist who created the "

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" * André Breton (1896–1966) - French poet and writer known as the leader and principal theorist of surrealism * Jorge Cáceres (1923–1949) - Chilean poet and artist, a member of La Mandrágora, a Chilean Surrealist group *

Jibanananda Das Jibanananda Das () (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) was an Indian poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language. Popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi'' ('Poet of Beautiful Bengal'), Das is the most read poet after Rabindr ...

((17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) - indian poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language *

Aimé Césaire Aimé Fernand David Césaire (; ; 26 June 1913 – 17 April 2008) was a French poet, author, and politician. He was "one of the founders of the Négritude movement in Francophone literature" and coined the word in French. He founded the Par ...

(1913–2008) - French and Martinican Surrealist poet and a founder of the Negritude movement * Andrei Codrescu (born 1946) - Romanian-American poet, novelist, screenwriter,

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commentator * Garrett Caples (born 1972) - American poet and former music and arts journalist * Teofilo Cid (1914–1964) - Chilean poet, member of La Mandrágora surrealist group *

René Crevel René Crevel (; 10 August 1900 – 18 June 1935) was a French writer involved with the surrealist movement. Life Crevel was born in Paris to a family of Parisian bourgeoisie. He had a traumatic religious upbringing. At the age of fourteen, h ...

(1900–1935) - French writer *

René Daumal René Daumal (; 16 March 1908 – 21 May 1944) was a French spiritual para-surrealist writer, critic and poet, best known for his posthumously published novel '' Mount Analogue'' (1952) as well as for being an early, outspoken practitioner ...

(1908–1944) - French spiritual para-surrealist writer and poet *

Robert Desnos Robert Desnos (; 4 July 1900 – 8 June 1945) was a French poet who played a key role in the Surrealist movement of his day. Biography Robert Desnos was born in Paris on 4 July 1900, the son of a licensed dealer in game and poultry at the '' H ...

(1900–1945) - French poet and member of the French resistance against the Nazis *

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. In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal ...

(1895–1952) - French poet *

David Gascoyne David Gascoyne (10 October 1916 – 25 November 2001) was an English poet associated with the Surrealist movement, in particular the British Surrealist Group. Additionally he translated work by French surrealist poets. Early life and surrealis ...

(1916–2001) - English poet and translator * Enrique Gómez Correa (1915–1995) - Chilean poet, lawyer and diplomat * Helen Ivory (born 1969) - English poet, artist and editor *

Andrew Joron Andrew Joron (born March 6, 1955) is an American writer of experimental poetry, speculative fiction, and lyrical and critical essays. He began by writing science fiction poetry. Joron's later poetry, combining scientific and philosophical ideas w ...

– American poet, three-time winner of the

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George Kalamaras George Kalamaras is an American poet and educator. He is Professor of English at Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he has taught since 1990. He has published nineteen collections of poetry, twelve of which are full-length, including '' ...

- American poet and professor, former

poet laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

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* Noelle Kocot (born 1969) - American poet *

Philip Lamantia Philip Lamantia (October 23, 1927 – March 7, 2005) was an American poet and lecturer. His poems were often visionary, ecstatic, terror-filled, and erotic, exploring the subconscious world of dreams and linking it to daily experiences, while s ...

(1927–2005) - American poet and educator *

Michel Leiris Julien Michel Leiris (; 20 April 1901 in Paris – 30 September 1990 in Saint-Hilaire, Essonne) was a French surrealist writer and ethnographer. Part of the Surrealist group in Paris, Leiris became a key member of the College of Sociology with ...

(1901–1990) - French writer * Joyce Mansour (1928–1986) - Egyptian-French author and poet * Ciaran O'Driscoll (b. 1943) - Irish surrealist poet * John Olson (born 1947) - American Surrealist poet and novelist *

Valentine Penrose Valentine Penrose ( Boué; 1 January 1898 – 7 August 1978), was a French surrealist poet, author, and collagist. Biography Valentine Boué was born in 1898 to a military family in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes, France. The family moved to Paris when ...

(1898–1978) - French surrealist poet, author, and collagist * Benjamin Péret (1899–1959) - French poet and a founder of the French Surrealist movement * Gisèle Prassinos (1920–2015) - French writer *

Franklin Rosemont Franklin Rosemont (1943–2009) was an American poet, artist, historian, street speaker, and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group. Over four decades, Franklin produced a body of work, of declarations, manifestos, poetry, collage, hidden hi ...

(1943–2009) - American poet, artist, historian, street speaker, and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group * Penelope Rosemont (born 1942) - American visual artists, writer, publisher, and social activist *

Stuart Ross Stuart Ross is a Canadian fiction writer, poet, editor, and creative-writing instructor. Ross was born in Toronto's north end in 1959 and grew up in the Borough of North York. He began writing at a very young age and was first published at age ...

(born 1959) - Canadian surrealist poet and publisher *

Tomaž Šalamun Tomaž Šalamun (July 4, 1941 – December 27, 2014) was a Slovenian poet who was a leading figure of postwar neo-avant-garde poetry in Central EuropeColm Tóibín (2004The comet's trail Guardian and an internationally acclaimed absurdist. Martín ...

(1941–2014) - Slovenian surrealist poet *

Philippe Soupault Philippe Soupault (2 August 1897 – 12 March 1990) was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist. He was active in Dadaism and later was instrumental in founding the Surrealist movement with André Breton. Soupault in ...

(1897–1990) - French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist * James Tate (1943–2015) - American Surrealist poet and Pulitzer Prize winner *

Tristan Tzara Tristan Tzara (; ; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, comp ...

(1896–1963) - Romanian French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist *

César Vallejo César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators ...

(1892–1938) - Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist *

Ocean Vuong Ocean Vuong (born , ; October 14, 1988) is a Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist. Vuong is a recipient of the 2014 Ruth Lilly/Sargent Rosenberg fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, a 2016 Whiting Award, and the 2017 T.S. Eliot Pr ...

(born 1988) - Vietnamese-American poet, novelist, and educator * John Yau (born 1950) - American poet and critic * Dean Young (1955–2022) - American poet and poet-laureate for Texas in 2014

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