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Paul Éluard

1895 - 1952

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Paul Éluard (French: [elɥar]), born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel ([ɡʁɛ̃dɛl]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Éluard is the 392nd most popular writer (down from 336th in 2019), the 465th most popular biography from France (down from 393rd in 2019) and the 69th most popular French Writer.

Paul Éluard is most famous for his poems and his love affair with the artist Gala.

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Among writers, Paul Éluard ranks 392 out of 7,302. Before him are Ali-Shir Nava'i, Julio Cortázar, Auguste Escoffier, Cornelius Nepos, Elena Ferrante, and Sylvia Plath. After him are Octavio Paz, Enheduanna, Joseph Roth, Christopher Marlowe, Giosuè Carducci, and Harry Martinson.

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Among people born in 1895, Paul Éluard ranks 20. Before him are Nikolai Yezhov, Mikhail Bakhtin, Richard Sorge, Wilm Hosenfeld, William Giauque, and Max Horkheimer. After him are Paul Hindemith, Semyon Timoshenko, Ragnar Frisch, Dolores Ibárruri, Gerhard Domagk, and Anastas Mikoyan. Among people deceased in 1952, Paul Éluard ranks 9. Before him are Knut Hamsun, Eva Perón, John Dewey, Alexandra Kollontai, Chaim Weizmann, and Wilm Hosenfeld. After him are Karen Horney, Benedetto Croce, Sven Hedin, Elena of Montenegro, Walter Schellenberg, and Khorloogiin Choibalsan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Éluard ranks 465 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Auguste Escoffier (1847), Livilla (-13), Jean Monnet (1888), and Alexis Carrel (1873). After him are Jean Fouquet (1420), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), Gaspard Monge (1746), Louis III of France (863), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), and François-Noël Babeuf (1760).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Paul Éluard ranks 69. Before him are Paul Valéry (1871), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Théophile Gautier (1811), Jean Genet (1910), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), and Auguste Escoffier (1847). After him are Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Jacques Prévert (1900), William of Rubruck (1220), Gregory of Tours (538), and Georges Bataille (1897).

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