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Paul Eluard

1895–1952

Exquisite Corpse c.1930
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS 2025, London; © Estate of Paul Eluard

Biography

Paul Éluard (French: ڱɥ), born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (ɡʁɛ̃ɛ; 14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952), was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement.

In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal grandmother. He adhered to Dadaism and became one of the pillars of Surrealism by opening the way to artistic action politically committed to the Communist Party.

During World War II, he was the author of several poems against Nazism that circulated clandestinely. He became known worldwide as The Poet of Freedom and is considered the most gifted of French surrealist poets.

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    André Breton, Nusch Eluard, Valentine Hugo, Paul Eluard
    c.1930

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