Apr 14, 2011 the iconoclastic poet and novelist blaise cendrars wikipedia page was born frederic louis sauser in switzerland in 1887. Blaise cendrars was a pioneer of modernist literature. Portrait of blaise cendrars was created in 1917 by amedeo modigliani in expressionism style. Miriam cendrars is the author of blaise cendrars 4. The text at hand is a collection of chapters of the second part of the short novel gold, the marvellous history of general john august sutter of blaise cendrars.
Jai tue, paris 1919 blaise cendrars french culture. Studies in 20th century literature volume 3 issue 2 special issue on blaise cendrars article 8 111979 appendix. An avantgarde poet, sharing a certain affinity with guillaume apollinaire 18801918 and the cubists, blaise cendrars 18871961 and the italian poet ricciotto canudo 18771923 published an appeal to all foreigners living in france on the eve of the mobilization. The very theme of travel, of the protagonist being but. The writer john dos passos called the son of homer is himself a strange kind of fiction. He was a writer of considerable influence in the european modernist movement. We then move on to cendrars as himself the portrait.
Jul 23, 2007 blaise cendrars or the son of homer as john dos passos called him is himself a strange kind of fiction. Being the marvelous history of general john augustus sutter, and more on. Nb these items have also been uploaded at various times to this facebook page. The writer blaise cendrars 18871961 reproduced the autopsy report, with only a few. Bourlinguer folio french blaise cendrars ebook ebook for mobile app. There are translations of some of blaise cendrars shorter poems and enticingly a short film sequence of the man himself in a parisian estaminet in 1953. Fredericlouis sauser 1 september 1887 21 january 1961, better known as blaise cendrars, was a swissborn novelist and poet who became a naturalized french citizen in 1916.
The second section is devoted to cendrars the portraitist. He was a writer of considerable influence in the european modernist. Blaise cendrars has 104 books on goodreads with 14940 ratings. Like her father before her in the great war, during the second world war she joined the french resistance in london where she had a radio programme addressing the children of free france in babar, elephant francais libre. At once truly appalling and appallingly funny, blaise cendrars s moravagine bears comparison with naked lunchexcept that its a lot more entertaining to read. Blaise cendrars cendrars, blaise pseudonym of fredericlouis. Heir to an immense aristocratic fortune, mental and physical mutant moravagine is a monster, a man in pursuit of a theorem that will justify his every desire. My thanks also to the journals where parts of this research have appeared or are forthcoming. Studies in 20th century literature new prairie press. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at best visual art database. See all books authored by blaise cendrars, including moravagine, and gold. This has made critics uneasy with assessing his literary accomplishments, as if the writer. Blaise cendrars books list of books by author blaise cendrars.
One of his children, miriam cendrars, presently 97 years of age, has perpetuated cendrars work in the centre detudes blaise cendrars cebc in switzerland. This article considers blaise cendrarss novel dan yack 1929 as a variation on the art novel genre, arguing that it rewrites and adapts wellworn art narratives most notably various iterations of the pygmalion myth in order to question the nature and function of art in the age of mechanical reproduction. Plus largement il propose une approche theorique qui sappuie sur. After fighting in the first world war he travelled extensively, drawing on and embellishing considerably the experiences that he had around the world for his surreal documentaries in verse and prose. Blaise cendrars wrote the novel on the basis of information of a contested local swiss historian. Cendrars, who was born the year construction on the eiffel tower began. The marvellous history of general johann august sutter the. At the outbreak of world war i, cendrarsa fictitious name he assumed in 1907joined the foreign legion. Cendrars was famous for selfmythologizing, and details of his childhood vary. In the midst of these events, the swissfrench writer blaise. For fredericjacques temple, cendrars is an ornithologist, for michele touret the group portraitist of his foreign legion squad, for jeancarlo fluckiger the one who finds an everavailable, hypothetical alter ego in charlot.
Blaise cendrars 18871961 in his novel emmenemoi au bout du monde 1956. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The life and works of the poet blaise cendrars testify to a disturbing paradox. Portrait of blaise cendrars, 1917 amedeo modigliani. He was a writer of considerable influence in the modernist movement. Frederic louis sauser, better known as blaise cendrars, was a swiss novelist and poet naturalized french in 1916. His father, an inventorbusinessman, was swiss, his mother scottish. Blaise cendrars project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
Censored download bourlinguer folio french blaise cendrars. Since the first two decades of the twentieth century, so much has changed radically in the space of poetry, in its evaluations and critical confrontations. Cendrars, blaise international encyclopedia of the first. The hazy world of blaise cendrars books the guardian.
Blaise cendrars moravagine, is one of my favorite books. Barnabooth with bill zavatsky, and flash cards by yu jian with wang ping. Fredericlouis sauser september 1, 1887 january 21, 1961, better known as blaise cendrars, was a swissborn novelist and poet who became a naturalized french citizen in 1916. His translations include blaise cendrars complete poems buy it here, guillaume apollinaires poet assassinated, valery larbauds poems of a. Blaise cendrars as a writer made direct use of his personal life and experiences to an unusual degree. Take me away to the end of the world, epitomizes the urge to seek adventures and a rediscovery of oneself through strange travels. Blaise cendrars article about blaise cendrars by the free. Cendrars, blaise pseudonym of fredericlouis sauserhall 18871961 cendrars was a frenchswiss poet, novelist, autobiographer, essayist, and editor.
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