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André Breton |
 André Breton (1896-1966), writer, poet, essayist and theorist of Surrealism, is a major figure of 20th century art and literature.As the movement’s figurehead, His life is inextricably bound to Surrealism. Profoundly influenced by Paul Valéry, whom he met in 1914, he went on to meet Jacques Vaché and Apollinaire. In 1919, he published his first poems. At this point he also founded the review “Littérature” with Louis Aragon and Philippe Soupault in which he published his first Surrealist text, “Les Champs Magnétiques” (The Magnetic Fields). From 1919 to 1921, he was a member of the Dada Movement and also studied “l'automatisme psychique" (automatic writing).
Surrealist Research’ and a review called ‘La Revolution Surréaliste’. In 1930, he brought out the ‘Second Surrealist Manifesto’ in which he included a definition of the movement: the ‘reconciliation’ of waking reality and the dream state and also the creation of ‘total liberation’ for human beings both artistically and politically.
He is known for his novels “Nadja” (1928), “L’amour Fou”, 1937 (Mad Love), “Arcane 17” (1945) and the various Surrealist Manifestos.
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| André Breton and Astrology Fabrice Pascaud - 12-2008 
A major figure of art and literature in the 20th century, André Breton (1896-1966) was the major theorist of Surrealism. Opposed to the moral and aesthetic values of Western society, he also affirmed the pre-eminence of dreams and the unconscious in creation. An irreducible part of the surrealist movement to which he gave his support, he also incarnated a revolutionary attitude always in search of a “supreme point” where all contradictions were resolved and reconciled. He also had a keen interest in astrology. What relationship did Surrealism have to astrology and what does André Breton’s curiosity about astrology reveal about his personality? Fabrice Pascaud revisits the great seeker of "the gold of time" in this 50-minute talk. |
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