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Philippe Soupault

Born

in France

August 02, 1897

Died

March 12, 1990

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Politics

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Philippe Soupault was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist. He took an active role in the Dadaist movement and later founded the Surrealist movement with André Breton. Soupault founded the periodical Littérature together with the writers Breton and Louis Aragon in Paris 1919, which, for many, dates the beginnings of Surrealism. The first book of automatic writing, Les champs magnétiques (1920), was co-authored by Soupault and Breton. After imprisonment by the Nazis in World War II, Soupault traveled to the United States but subsequently returned to France. His works include such fat volumes of poetry as Aquarium (1917) and Rose des vents [compass card] (1920) and the novel Les Dernières Nuits de Paris (1928; tr ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 1,585 ratings · 204 reviews · 137 distinct works • Similar authors

	Last Nights Of Paris by Philippe Soupault, William Carlos Williams (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 1928 — 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
	Lost Profiles: Memoirs of Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism by Philippe Soupault, Ron Padgett (Afterword), Mark Polizzotti (Foreword) 4.10 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1963 — 5 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 Voyage of Horace Pirouelle by Philippe Soupault, Justin Vicari (Introduction) 3.45 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1925 — 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
	I'm Lying: Selected Translations by Philippe Soupault, Paulette Schmidt (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 16 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
	Le Nègre 3.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1927 — 5 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
	Age of Assassins by Philippe Soupault, Hannah Josephson (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1945 — 5 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
	Georgia - Épitaphes - Chansons by Philippe Soupault, Serge Fauchereau (Preface) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1985 — 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
	Georgia - Épitaphes - Chansons 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
	Westwego 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1922 — 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
	Le bon apôtre 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 5 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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“Choosing is Aging.”
― Philippe Soupault, Last Nights Of Paris

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“He invented terrible stories…incredible machinations. Really the most striking thing about all these people was their incredible love for the extraordinary. They had to feel that they were exposed to the most extravagant dangers. They saw enemies in all whom they did not know.”
― Philippe Soupault

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“On ne pardonne pas à son ami ses erreurs, on ne les excuse pas non plus. On les comprend.”
― Philippe Soupault

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