Guillaume Apollinaire

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Guillaume Apollinaire

Paris | France

First name:

Guillaume

Last Name:

Apollinaire

Pseudonym:

Guillaume Macabre

Parents:

Angelika Kostrowicka

Date of birth:

26-08-1880

Place of birth:

Rzym

Date of death:

09-11-1918

Age:

Profession:

military / soldier, writer, poet, critic, painter

Biography:

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) - writer, poet, atistic and literary critic, with Polish roots, whose genealogy the poet Anatol Stern dedicated his book "Apollinaire's House. A thing about Polishness and the poet's family", active in Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany and France. One of the most important representatives of 20th century French poetry, working in a variety of styles and genres. His most important works include: "The Murdered Poet", "Alcohols" and "Caligrams". Representative and promoter of the avant-garde, especially Cubism, creator of the term 'Surrealism'. Finally a soldier, an officer of the Foreign Legion, he fought on the French side in the First World War.