Surrealist Revolution
André
Breton (1896-1966): French poet, essayist, critic, and editor,
chief promoter and one of the founders of Surrealist movement with Paul
Eluard, Josef Agnon, Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali, and Jean Cocteau among
others. Breton joined first in 1916 the Dadaist group, but turned
then to Surrealism and cofounded with Louis Aragon and Philippe Soupault
the review Littérature. Very important for his literary work was
his wartime meetings with Apollinaire. His MANIESTE DU SURRÉALISME
was published in 1924. Influenced by psychological theories Breton defined
Surrealism as a means of reuniting conscious and unconscious realms of
experience so that the world of dream and fantasy would be joined to
everyday world.
