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Pierre Albert-Birot

Born

in France

April 22, 1876

Died

July 25, 1967

Genre

Poetry, Fiction

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Pierre Albert-Birot (22 April 1876 – 25 July 1967) was a French avant-garde poet, dramatist, and theater manager.

Born in Angoulême, Albert-Birot moved to Paris in 1894. There he attended art school and befriended Gustave Moreau. He worked for five decades as a restorer for antique dealer Madame Lelong. He began writing after he met the musician Germaine de SurVille in 1913. Long before the First World War, he participated, as a painter, sculptor, poet, theater presenter, playwright and creator of groups and magazines, in the great adventure of modern art. His friend Apollinaire dubbed him "the Pyrogene," so fiery was he as an innovator and exciter. From January 1916 to December 1919, Albert-Birote edited the avant-garde art magazine SIC, a Pierre Albert-Birot (22 April 1876 – 25 July 1967) was a French avant-garde poet, dramatist, and theater manager.

Born in Angoulême, Albert-Birot moved to Paris in 1894. There he attended art school and befriended Gustave Moreau. He worked for five decades as a restorer for antique dealer Madame Lelong. He began writing after he met the musician Germaine de SurVille in 1913. Long before the First World War, he participated, as a painter, sculptor, poet, theater presenter, playwright and creator of groups and magazines, in the great adventure of modern art. His friend Apollinaire dubbed him "the Pyrogene," so fiery was he as an innovator and exciter. From January 1916 to December 1919, Albert-Birote edited the avant-garde art magazine SIC, an acronym for Sons Idées Couleurs (Sounds Ideas Colors), which featured writings by Futurists, Surrealists, and Dadaists. SIC became the turntable of all avant-garde initiatives, from cubism or futurism and to surrealism, a movement that he will help to birth, but to which he will not adhere, this "blaster" having the religion of independence and objectivity.[1] If he wrote a number of poem books (Thirty-one Pocket Poems; 1917; Daily Poems, 1919; La Triloferie, 1920; Poems to the Other Me, 1927; Amenpeine, La Cle des Champs, La Panthere noire, 1938; Natural Amusements, 1945; 110 drops of poetry, 1952, etc.) this work of an explosive lyricism, funny and eminently "modern" is inseparable from the theatrical work that Alber-Birot composed, from 1917 to 1922, in a burlesque tone which announces Ionesco: Larountala, Matoum and Trevibar, The man cut into pieces, the Bondieu, the folding women, etc, and it is dominated by two great epics in prose: Grabinoulor (1933) and the Memoirs of Adam (1943). His first volume of poems was Trente et un Poèmes de Poche (1917). His novel Grabinoulor appeared in 1919. Grabinoulor, which was partially brought to light in 1964, is certainly his masterpiece and one of the most important works of "modern" poetry. Bernard Jourdan has finely established that the name of the hero of this poem-river, from which all punctuation is banned, is the almost successful anagram of "We Albert-Birot"; contemporary type, this Grabinoulor knows a host of adventures, some daily, others wonderful, which resemble him to the heroes of Rabelais and Lewis Caroll, but also, and above all, to the supermen of modern mythology, from Fantomas to Tarzan, from Arsene Lupine to science fiction superman, capable of traveling through the centuries as well as through the stars. We also owe to Pierre Albert-Birot, a singular man, poet on the fringes who exerted a great fascination for the new generations, fanciful novels like Remy Floche, employee (1934), learned translations of Homere, Eschyle and Virgile, transcriptions in modern French medieval poets and interesting studies on prosodic forms.

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	The First Book of Grabinoulor: Epic by Pierre Albert-Birot, Barbara Wright (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1921 — 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
	L'Homme de cristal by Pierre Albert-Birot, Max Jacob really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	31 Pocket Poems by Pierre Albert-Birot, Barbara Wright (translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Rémy Floche, employé it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1934 — 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
	LA LUNE OU LE LIVRE DES POEMES POESIE 1916-1924 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	MA MORTE it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Les six livres de Grabinoulor: épopée really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1963 — 4 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
	Poemas cotidianos by Pierre Albert-Birot, Emilio Quintana (Editor & Translator), Juan Manuel Bonet (Foreword) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1919	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
	Petites gouttes de poésie by Pierre Albert-Birot, Bobi + Bobi (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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“Gardens are poems
Where you stroll with your hands in your pockets.

(Les jardins sont des poemes
Ou l'on se promene les mains dans les poches.)”
― Pierre Albert-Birot, The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology

tags: gardens, poems, poetry

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“...And we left the light
for the night of the street”
― Pierre Albert-Birot, The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology

tags: light, night, street

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“Who is that blond child laughing as he runs after his colored marbles? [my marbles]

It's me

And who is the poet writing this poem?

That blond child who laughed as he ran after his colored marbles”
― Pierre Albert-Birot, The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology

tags: child, childhood, innocence, innocence-lost, marbles, poet

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