Louis Aragon
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| - | '''Louis Aragon''' ([[October 3]], [[1897]] – [[December 24]], [[1982]]), [[France|French]] [[poet]] and [[novelist]], a long-time political supporter of the [[French Communist Party|communist party]] and prominent [[Surrealist]] member. | + | '''Louis Aragon''' ([[October 3]], [[1897]] – [[December 24]], [[1982]]), [[French poet]] and [[novelist]], a long-time political supporter of the [[French Communist Party|communist party]] and prominent member of the [[Surrealist]]s. |
| ==Life== | ==Life== | ||
| Aragon was born and died in [[Paris]]. | Aragon was born and died in [[Paris]]. | ||
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| After the death of his wife on [[June 16]], [[1970]], Aragon [[came out]] as [[bisexual]], appearing at [[gay pride]] parades in a pink convertible (Ivry 1996, p.134). | After the death of his wife on [[June 16]], [[1970]], Aragon [[came out]] as [[bisexual]], appearing at [[gay pride]] parades in a pink convertible (Ivry 1996, p.134). | ||
| + | ==Bibliography== | ||
| + | ===Novels and Short Stories=== | ||
| + | *''[[Anicet ou le Panorama]]'' ([[1921 in literature|1921]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Les Aventures de Télémaque]]'' ([[1922 in literature|1922]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Le Libertinage]]'' ([[1924 in literature|1924]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Le Paysan de Paris]]'' ([[1926 in literature|1926]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Le Con d'Irène]]'' ([[1927 in literature|1927]], published under the pseudonym Albert de Routisie) | ||
| + | *''[[Les Cloches de Bâle]]'' ("Le Monde réel", [[1934 in literature|1934]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Les Beaux Quartiers]]'' ("Le Monde réel", [[1936 in literature|1936]], Renaudot Prize winner) | ||
| + | *''[[Les Voyageurs de l'Impériale]]'' ("Le Monde réel", [[1942 in literature|1942]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Aurélien (roman)|Aurélien]]'' ("Le Monde réel", [[1944 in literature|1944]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Servitude et Grandeur des Français. Scènes des années terribles]]'' ([[1945 in literature|1945]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Les Communistes]]'' (6 volumes, [[1949 in literature|1949]]-[[1951 in literature|1951]] et [[1966 in literature|1966]]-[[1967 in literature|1967]] - "Le Monde réel") | ||
| + | *''[[La Semaine Sainte]]'' ([[1958 in literature|1958]]) | ||
| + | *''[[La Mise à mort]]'' ([[1965 in literature|1965]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Blanche ou l'oubli]]'' ([[1967 in literature|1967]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Henri Matisse, roman]]'' ([[1971 in literature|1971]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Théâtre/Roman]]'' ([[1974 in literature|1974]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Le Mentir-vrai]]'' ([[1980 in literature|1980]]) | ||
| + | *''[[La Défense de l'infini]]'' ([[1986 in literature|1986]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Les Aventures de Jean-Foutre La Bite]]'' ([[1986 in literature|1986]]) | ||
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| + | ===Poetry=== | ||
| + | * ''Le Musée Grévin'', published under the pseudonym François la Colère by the [[Editions de Minuit]] | ||
| + | * ''La rose et le réséda'' | ||
| + | *''Feu de joie'', [[1919 in poetry|1919]] | ||
| + | *''Le Mouvement perpétuel'', [[1926 in poetry|1926]] | ||
| + | *''La Grande Gaîté'', [[1929 in poetry|1929]] | ||
| + | *''Persécuté persécuteur'', [[1930 in poetry|1930]]-[[1931 in poetry|1931]] | ||
| + | *''Hourra l'Oural'', [[1934 in poetry|1934]] | ||
| + | *''Le Crève-Cœur, [[1941 in poetry|1941]] | ||
| + | *''Cantique à Elsa'', [[1942 in poetry|1942]] | ||
| + | *''[[Les Yeux d'Elsa]]'', [[1942 in poetry|1942]] | ||
| + | *''Brocéliande'', [[1942 in poetry|1942]] | ||
| + | *''Le Musée Grevin'', [[1943 in poetry|1943]] | ||
| + | *''La Diane française'', [[1945 in poetry|1945]] | ||
| + | *''En étrange pays dans mon pays lui-même'', [[1945 in poetry|1945]] | ||
| + | *''Le Nouveau Crève-Cœur'', [[1948 in poetry|1948]] | ||
| + | *''Le Roman inachevé'', [[1956 in poetry|1956]] | ||
| + | *''Elsa'', [[1959 in poetry|1959]] | ||
| + | *''Les Poètes'', [[1960 in poetry|1960]] | ||
| + | *''[[Le Fou d'Elsa]]'', [[1963 in poetry|1963]] | ||
| + | *''Il ne m'est Paris que d'Elsa'', [[1964 in poetry|1964]] | ||
| + | *''Les Chambres, poème du temps qui ne passe pas'', [[1969 in poetry|1969]] | ||
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| + | === Essays === | ||
| + | *''Une vague de rêves'', [[1924 in literature|1924]] | ||
| + | *''[[Traité du style]]'', [[1928 in literature|1928]] | ||
| + | *''Pour un réalisme socialiste'', [[1935 in literature|1935]] | ||
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Louis Aragon (October 3, 1897 – December 24, 1982), French poet and novelist, a long-time political supporter of the communist party and prominent member of the Surrealists.
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Life
Aragon was born and died in Paris.
Having been involved in Dada from 1919 to 1924, he became a founding member of Surrealism in 1924 with André Breton and Philippe Soupault. Aragon joined the French Communist Party with several other surrealists. He would remain a member for the rest of his life, writing several political poems including one to Maurice Thorez, however he was also critical of the USSR, particularly during the 1950s.
In 1939 he married Russian-born author Elsa Triolet (born 1896), the sister of Lilya Brik, a mistress and common-law wife of Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. Aragon and Triolet collaborated in the left-wing French media before and during World War II, going underground for most of the Nazi occupation.
During the World War II German occupation of France he wrote for the underground press Les Éditions de Minuit.
From Snarxism to Marxism
The French surrealists had long claimed Lewis Carroll as one of their own, so it came as no surprise when Aragon tackled The Hunting of the Snark in 1929, shortly before he completed his transition from Snarxism to Marxism, as Martin Gardner puts it. Witness the key stanza of the poem in Aragon's translation:
- Ils le traquèrent avec des gobelets ils le traquèrent avec soin
- Ils le poursuivirent avec des fourches et de l'espoir
- Ils menacèrent sa vie avec une action de chemin de fer
- Ils le charmèrent avec des sourires et du savon
Gardner calls the translation "pedestrian", and reminds the reader of Carroll's Rhyme? And Reason? (also published as Phantasmagoria). Gardner finds also the rest of Aragon's writings on Carroll's nonsense poetry full of factual errors, and cautions the reader that there is no evidence that Aragon intended any of it as a joke.
Back to Surrealism
After the death of his wife on June 16, 1970, Aragon came out as bisexual, appearing at gay pride parades in a pink convertible (Ivry 1996, p.134).
Bibliography
Novels and Short Stories
- Anicet ou le Panorama (1921)
- Les Aventures de Télémaque (1922)
- Le Libertinage (1924)
- Le Paysan de Paris (1926)
- Le Con d'Irène (1927, published under the pseudonym Albert de Routisie)
- Les Cloches de Bâle ("Le Monde réel", 1934)
- Les Beaux Quartiers ("Le Monde réel", 1936, Renaudot Prize winner)
- Les Voyageurs de l'Impériale ("Le Monde réel", 1942)
- Aurélien ("Le Monde réel", 1944)
- Servitude et Grandeur des Français. Scènes des années terribles (1945)
- Les Communistes (6 volumes, 1949-1951 et 1966-1967 - "Le Monde réel")
- La Semaine Sainte (1958)
- La Mise à mort (1965)
- Blanche ou l'oubli (1967)
- Henri Matisse, roman (1971)
- Théâtre/Roman (1974)
- Le Mentir-vrai (1980)
- La Défense de l'infini (1986)
- Les Aventures de Jean-Foutre La Bite (1986)
Poetry
- Le Musée Grévin, published under the pseudonym François la Colère by the Editions de Minuit
- La rose et le réséda
- Feu de joie, 1919
- Le Mouvement perpétuel, 1926
- La Grande Gaîté, 1929
- Persécuté persécuteur, 1930-1931
- Hourra l'Oural, 1934
- Le Crève-Cœur, 1941
- Cantique à Elsa, 1942
- Les Yeux d'Elsa, 1942
- Brocéliande, 1942
- Le Musée Grevin, 1943
- La Diane française, 1945
- En étrange pays dans mon pays lui-même, 1945
- Le Nouveau Crève-Cœur, 1948
- Le Roman inachevé, 1956
- Elsa, 1959
- Les Poètes, 1960
- Le Fou d'Elsa, 1963
- Il ne m'est Paris que d'Elsa, 1964
- Les Chambres, poème du temps qui ne passe pas, 1969
Essays
- Une vague de rêves, 1924
- Traité du style, 1928
- Pour un réalisme socialiste, 1935
