Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet who bridged symbolism and surrealism and coined the word surrealism. Alcools and Calligrammes, with its shaped visual poems, were foundational to the French avant-garde.
Works
- AlcoolsModern poetry blending classical forms with contemporary urban imagery
- CalligrammesExperimental poems arranged as visual calligrams on the page
- ZoneModernist poem evoking Paris and twentieth-century artistic transformation
- Le BestiaireAnimal poems exploring nature through witty, refined observation