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André Breton

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born

February 19, 1896 in Tinchebray, France

died

September 28, 1966

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Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Arts & Photography

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André Breton was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist, and is best known as the principal founder of Surrealism. His writings include the Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".

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Average rating: 3.80 · 3,551 ratings · 235 reviews · 74 distinct works

	Nadja by André Breton, Richard Howard (Translation) 3.60 avg rating — 1,791 ratings — published 1928 — 23 editions	My rating:
	Manifestoes of Surrealism by André Breton, Richard Seaver (Translator), Helen R. Lane (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 587 ratings — published 1924 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Mad Love by André Breton, Mary Ann Caws (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 1937 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Anthology of Black Humor by André Breton, Mark Polizzotti (Translation) 4.11 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1966 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Automatic Message: The Magnetic Fields / The Immaculate Conception by André Breton, Paul Éluard, Philippe Soupault 4.15 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Poems by André Breton, Mary Ann Caws (Translator), Jean-Pierre Cauvin (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 90 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Surrealism and Painting by André Breton, Mark Polizzotti (Introduction), Simon Watson Taylor (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1965 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Earthlight by André Breton, Bill Zavatsky (Translation) 4.50 avg rating — 58 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Communicating Vessels by André Breton, Mary Ann Caws (Translator), Geoffrey T. Harris (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	André Breton: Selections by André Breton, P.G. Drazin, Mark Polizzotti (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.”
― André Breton, What is Surrealism?: Selected Writings

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“Tell me whom you haunt and I’ll tell you who you are.”
― André Breton

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“Life’s greatest gift is the freedom it leaves you to step out of it whenever you choose.”
― André Breton, Anthology of Black Humor

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