Paul Éluard

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born

December 13, 1895 in Saint-Denis, France

died

November 18, 1952

gender

male

genre

Poetry

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Paul Éluard was the pen name of Eugène Émile Paul Grindel. French poet, a founder of Surrealism with Louis Aragon and André Breton among others, one of the important lyrical poets of the 20th century. Éluard rejected later Surrealism and joined the French Communist Party. Many of his works reflect the major events of the century, such as the World Wars, the Resistance against the Nazis, and the political and social ideals of the 20th-century.

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Average rating: 4.24 · 782 ratings · 43 reviews · 48 distinct works

	Capital of Pain by Paul Éluard, Mary Ann Caws (Translator), Patricia Ann Terry (Translator) 4.42 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1966 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Last Love Poems of Paul Éluard by Paul Éluard, Marilyn Kallet (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1980 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Capitale de la douleur suivi de L'amour la poésie 4.34 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1964 — 2 editions	My rating:
	La Vie immédiate 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1967 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Paul Eluard 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Shadows and Sun: Selected Writings, 1913-1952 by Paul Éluard, Lloyd Alexander 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Unbroken Poetry II / Poesie Ininterrompue II 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Poésie Ininterrompue 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1946 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Eluard: Oeuvres Complètes, Tome 1: 1913 1945 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	My rating:
	A Moral Lesson by Paul Éluard, Lisa Lubasch (Translator), Paul Eluard 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Paul Éluard

“گورنبشته‏ای برای یک دهقان اسپانیایی

ژنرال فرانکو احضارم کرد
من سرباز شدم
فرار نکردم
می‏ترسیدم
ممکن بود تیربارانم کنند
می‏ترسیدم
این بود که در ارتش
علیه آزادی، علیه عدالت جنگیدم
اما باز هم مرگ به سراغم آمد؛ آن‏گونه که سراغ دیگران می‏رود”
― Paul Éluard

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“Even when we sleep we watch over one another.”
― Paul Éluard

9 people liked it

“Your eyes in which I travel
Have given to signs along the roads
A meaning alien to the earth.”
― Paul Éluard

5 people liked it

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