Shadows and Sun: Selected Writings, 1913-1952

by Paul Éluard

Poems and seminal lectures by the people's poet of Europe, director of the Resistance writers of northern France during WWII record Eluard's tributes1) to artists, friends who frequented Paris during the Spanish Civil war, during and after the two World Wars; 2) to the women who shared his life and his search for a language to overcome poverty and power politics responsible for devastating war (lyrical poems)3) to better communication and relations among all people

348 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1995

About the author

Paul Éluard was the pen name of Eugène Émile Paul Grindel. French poet, a founder of Surrealism with Louis Aragon and André Breton among others, one of the important lyrical poets of the 20th century. Éluard rejected later Surrealism and joined the French Communist Party. Many of his works reflect the major events of the century, such as the World Wars, the Resistance against the Nazis, and the political and social ideals of the 20th-century.