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Benjamin Péret

Born

in Rezé, France

July 04, 1899

Died

September 18, 1959

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Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist and a founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism.
Benjamin Péret was born in Rezé, France on 4 July 1899. He, as a child, acquired little education due to his dislike of school and he instead attended the Local Art School from 1912. He too, however, resigned soon after in 1913 due to his sheer lack of study and willingness to do so. Afterwards he spent a short period of time in a School of Industrial Design before enlisting in the French army's Cuirassiers during the First World War to avoid being jailed for defacing a local statue with paint. He saw action in the Balkans before being deployed to S ...more

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	Death to the Pigs and Other Writings by Benjamin Péret, James Brook (Translator), John Yau (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1988 — 10 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
	From the Hidden Storehouse: Selected Poems (Field Translation Series 6) by Benjamin Péret, Keith Hollaman (Translator), Charles Simic (Introduction) 4.32 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1981 — 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
	Os Tomates Enlatados by Benjamin Péret, Yves Tanguy (Illustrator), Torcato Sepúlveda (Translator) 3.20 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1954 — 17 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 Leg of Lamb: Its Life and Works by Benjamin Péret, Marc Lowenthal (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2011	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 Big Game by Benjamin Péret, Marilyn Kallet (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1928 — 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
	A Marvelous World: Poems by Benjamin Péret, Elizabeth R. Jackson (Introduction, Translator) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1985 — 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
	A Menagerie in Revolt: Selected Writings by Benjamin Péret, Franklin Rosemont (Introduction), Don Lacoss (Afterword) 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009	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
	Remove Your Hat, Or, A Bunch of Carrots by Benjamin Péret, Humphrey Jennings 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1986	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
	Le déshonneur des poètes 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1986 — 3 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
	Απαγορεύεται η αφισσοκόλλησις και άλλα ποιήματα by Benjamin Péret, Σωτήρης Λιόντος (Translator), Νίκος Σταμπάκης (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	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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“Is it by chance that the 18th century of France, the century of the "philosophy of enlightenment," did not produce any poets except the Marquis de Sade, who -- despite his participation in the events of this epoch -- expressed the first violent protest against the essential postulates of this period?”
― Benjamin Péret, A Menagerie in Revolt: Selected Writings

tags: enlightenment, sade

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“A suicide is always, for those close to the deceased, a tragic and agonising event; but when it is accomplished by means of jam, one cannot be less than terrified.”
― Benjamin Péret, Death to the Pigs and Other Writings

tags: jam, suicide

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“Through his pierced brain the breezes sang Will you drop dead you pig of a sell-out But from the sky as black as the forehead of his fathers no crayfish came to the aid of his lobsters”
― Benjamin Péret

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