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Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist, and founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism.
Benjamin Péret, né le 4 juillet 1899 à Rezé (Loire-Atlantique) et mort le 18 septembre 1959 à Paris, est un écrivain et poète surréaliste, usant également des pseudonymes de Satyremont, Peralda et Peralta [1].
Famous poet / 1899-1959. Benjamin Peret. Benjamin Péret was born at Rézé, on July 4, 1899. He was arrested for painting a town statue with a friend in 1917. He was presented with two choices: go to jail or go to war. His mother insisted on the latter, which Péret, it is said, never forgave her for. Once enlisted, he was whisked off to the Balkans.
Benjamin Péret 1899–-1959 French poet, short-story writer, and essayist. Péret was an early poet of the French Surrealist movement, which began in the 1920s.
Benjamin Péret. French, 1899–1959. Works 2 works online Image not available Cadavre Exquis, André Breton, Max Morise, Jeannette Ducrocq Tanguy, Pierre ...
Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist and a founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism. Benjamin Péret was born in Rezé, France on 4 July 1899.
A pivotal, pioneering personality in surrealism before and after World War II, Péret spent at least forty years of his life working with anti-state communists and anarcho-syndicalists around the world. Motivated by protests against imperialist wars in North Africa, Péret joined the French Communist Party around 1926.
