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André Breton

Born

in Tinchebray, France

February 19, 1896

Died

September 28, 1966

Genre

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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	Nadja by André Breton, Richard Howard (Translation) 3.59 avg rating — 6,895 ratings — published 1928 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manifestoes of Surrealism by André Breton, Richard Seaver (Translator) , Helen R. Lane (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 1,952 ratings — published 1924 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Love by André Breton, Mary Ann Caws (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 783 ratings — published 1937 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anthology of Black Humor by André Breton, Mark Polizzotti (Translation) 3.84 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 1940 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems of André Breton: A Bilingual Anthology by André Breton, Mary Ann Caws (Translator) , Jean-Pierre Cauvin (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magnetic Fields by André Breton, Philippe Soupault , David Gascoyne (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1920 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Automatic Message: The Magnetic Fields / The Immaculate Conception by André Breton, Paul Éluard , Philippe Soupault 4.14 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surrealist Manifesto 3.83 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1924 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surrealism and Painting by André Breton, Mark Polizzotti (Introduction) , Simon Watson Taylor (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arcanum 17: With Apertures by André Breton, Zack Rogow (Translation) 3.50 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1945 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by André Breton

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

tags: love, madness

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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

tags: life, suicide

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

tags: relationships

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