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“Amo estos poemas. Presiento que Valentine Penrose nunca vacila en escribir una palabra en lugar de otra, optando por lo inmediatamente accesible. De ahí un lenguaje poéticamente límpido, fugaz, que se desentiende de lo referencial. Un lenguaje irracional, indispensable”. Paul Éluard.
“Amo estos poemas. Presiento que Valentine Penrose nunca vacila en escribir una palabra en lugar de otra, optando por lo inmediatamente accesible. De ahí un lenguaje poéticamente límpido, fugaz, que se desentiende de lo referencial. Un lenguaje irracional, indispensable”. Paul Éluard.
65 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1935
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Valentine Penrose
12 books26 followersValentine Penrose (née Boué; 1 January 1898 – 7 August 1978), was a French surrealist poet, author and collagist.
Valentine Penrose wrote surrealist poetry, although she is perhaps best known for her biography of the serial killer Elizabeth Báthory (1560-1614). Her poetry reflects her experience of automatic writing, collage and painting techniques such as Max Ernst’s frottage and Wolfgang Paalen’s fumage.
Penrose was interested in female mysticism, alchemy and the occult. She met Count Galarza Santa Clara in Egypt, a master of the esoteric, and made several visits to his ashram in India. In 1936 she made an extended visit to India with the poet and painter Alice Paalen (later Alice Rahon). They become very close and their relationship is shown in their poetry from 1936 to about 1945.
From 1937 she started writing on lesbianism, always with the same lovers: Emily and Rubia. This dominates Martha's Opéra (1945), and Dons des Féminines (1951).
Penrose's work was admired by Paul Eluard, who wrote prefaces for Herbe à la lune (1935) and Dons des féminines (1951). She also knew the surrealist poet André Breton.
Penrose made surrealist collages. Dons des Féminines (1951) combines her collages and poetry.
Valentine Penrose wrote surrealist poetry, although she is perhaps best known for her biography of the serial killer Elizabeth Báthory (1560-1614). Her poetry reflects her experience of automatic writing, collage and painting techniques such as Max Ernst’s frottage and Wolfgang Paalen’s fumage.
Penrose was interested in female mysticism, alchemy and the occult. She met Count Galarza Santa Clara in Egypt, a master of the esoteric, and made several visits to his ashram in India. In 1936 she made an extended visit to India with the poet and painter Alice Paalen (later Alice Rahon). They become very close and their relationship is shown in their poetry from 1936 to about 1945.
From 1937 she started writing on lesbianism, always with the same lovers: Emily and Rubia. This dominates Martha's Opéra (1945), and Dons des Féminines (1951).
Penrose's work was admired by Paul Eluard, who wrote prefaces for Herbe à la lune (1935) and Dons des féminines (1951). She also knew the surrealist poet André Breton.
Penrose made surrealist collages. Dons des Féminines (1951) combines her collages and poetry.
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September 13, 2022
Tiene un erotismo sutil que es maravilloso
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