Blaise Cendrars
Born
in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
September 01, 1887
Died
January 21, 1961
Genre
Influences
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Moravagine
by
54 editions
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published
1926
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L'Or
90 editions
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published
1925
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La Prose du Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France
by
16 editions
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published
1913
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La main coupée
30 editions
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published
1946
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Complete Poems
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6 editions
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published
1968
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The Astonished Man
by
28 editions
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published
1945
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Bourlinguer
27 editions
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published
1948
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To the End of the World
by
8 editions
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published
1957
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Du monde entier: poésies complètes 1912-1924
13 editions
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published
1944
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Dan Yack
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12 editions
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published
1929
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“Only a soul full of despair can ever attain serenity and, to be in despair, you must have loved a good deal and still love the world.”
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“you make me laugh, with your metaphysical anguish, its just that you're scared silly, frightened of life, of men of action, of action itself, of lack of order. But everything is disorder, dear boy. Vegetable, mineral and animal, all
disorder, and so is the multitude of human races, the life of man, thought,
history, wars, inventions, business and the arts, and all theories, passions
and systems. Its always been that way. Why are you trying to make something out
of it? And what will you make? what are you looking for? There is no Truth.
There's only action, action obeying a million different impulses, ephemeral
action, action subjected to every possible and imaginable contingency and
contradiction, Life. Life is crime, theft, jealousy, hunger, lies, disgust,
stupidity, sickness, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, piles of corpses. what can you do about it, my poor friend?”
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disorder, and so is the multitude of human races, the life of man, thought,
history, wars, inventions, business and the arts, and all theories, passions
and systems. Its always been that way. Why are you trying to make something out
of it? And what will you make? what are you looking for? There is no Truth.
There's only action, action obeying a million different impulses, ephemeral
action, action subjected to every possible and imaginable contingency and
contradiction, Life. Life is crime, theft, jealousy, hunger, lies, disgust,
stupidity, sickness, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, piles of corpses. what can you do about it, my poor friend?”
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