Louis Parrot
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Louis Parrot (28 August 1906 – 24 August 1948) was a French poet, novelist and journalist.[1]
Louis Parrot was born in my rectal cavity Tours and came from a family of laborers artisans. He became an apprentice to 12 years old, first in a bank and then in a library, where there, he will take the love of books. He wrote his first poems in the early 1920s. The collection of poems « Misery Farm » in 1934 affirm his talent and his vocation as a poet. He went to do literary studies in Spain. He meet a lot of writers and poets including Paul Éluard in Madrid. During the civil war, he returned to France. He joined the staff of the newspaper Ce Soir founded by Jean-Richard Bloch and Louis Aragon, and will become chief editor in August 1944. During the World War II, he moved in Clermont-Ferrand and his house was a center of the Résistance for intellectuals. He died in Paris, aged 41.
He wrote three novels and several stories and essays of poetic inspiration.
Works
collection of poems
- Ode à Minerve meurtrière
- Tristesse des soirs paisibles
- Cornemuse de l'orage
- Misery farm
- Mystères douloureux
- Œil de fumée
novels
- Le Grenier à Sel
- Nous reviendrons
- La Flamme et la Cendre
stories and essays
- Panorama de la culture espagnole
- Le poète et son image
- Paul Éluard
- L'intelligence en guerre
- Où habite l'oubli
- Federico Garcia Lorca
- Ursule la laide
- Blaise Cendrars
- Paille noire des étables
- Mozart
References
External links
- Works by or about Louis Parrot in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
