''Paroles'' (; "Words") is a collection of poems by
Jacques Prévert
Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist moveme ...
, first published in 1946.
Publisher's page on the history of the book.
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. The author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, an ...
's translation of 44 poems from this collection was published by Penguin in the 1960s, under the title ''Selections from Paroles''.
It was ranked 16th in ''Le Monde'''s 100 Books of the Century.
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1946 books
French poetry collections
20th-century French literature