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Philippe Soupault
AuthorBooks · Second hand1897-1990
Philippe Soupault was a French poet, novelist, critic, and political activist, born in Chaville. He was active in Dadaism and later was instrumental in founding the Surrealist movement with André Breton. Soupault initiated the periodical Littérature together with writers Breton and Louis Aragon in Paris in 1919, which, for many, marks the beginnings of Surrealism. The first book of automatic writing, Les Champs magnétiques (1920), was co-authored by Soupault and Breton.
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About Philippe Soupault
Birth
1897
Death
1990
First book
1920
Years writing
106
Philippe Soupault was a French poet, novelist, critic, and political activist, born in Chaville. He was active in Dadaism and later was instrumental in founding the Surrealist movement with André Breton. Soupault initiated the periodical Littérature together with writers Breton and Louis Aragon in Paris in 1919, which, for many, marks the beginnings of Surrealism. The first book of automatic writing, Les Champs magnétiques (1920), was co-authored by Soupault and Breton.
Philippe Soupault was a multifaceted figure who excelled as a poet, journalist, playwright, and even an actor.
He is globally recognized as one of the authors of the seminal work Les Champs magnétiques.
Throughout his prolific career, he published over one hundred works spanning various literary genres.
He used the pseudonym Philippe Verneuil to sign part of his literary production.
Born in Chaville in 1897, his legacy ranges from poetry and essays to literary criticism.
