Paul Eluard
French surrealist poet whose Capitale de la Douleur and love poems including La Courbe de Tes Yeux are among the most beautiful in twentieth-century French poetry. He also wrote powerful Resistance poetry.
Works
- Capitale de la DouleurPoetry expressing sorrow, loss, and the depths of emotional pain
- L'Amour la PoesieLove poetry celebrating desire, transformation, and union with another
- Poesie et VeritePoetry exploring truth, transformation, and the nature of existence
- Collected PoemsSurrealist and political verses exploring love, freedom, and human dignity