Pierre Reverdy - Works

Poet, born in Narbonne, S France. A prolific writer, he began in Montmartre, proclaimed Surrealism, and retired in 1925 close to the Abbey of Solesmes. His work includes Poèmes en prose (1915), Les Ardoises du toit (1918), La Guitare endormie (1919), Les Epaves du ciel (1924), Ecumes de la mer (1926), Pierres blanches (1930), and Le Chant des morts (1948). He also published his notebooks, Le Livre de mon bord (1948).

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Pierre Reverdy (13 September 1889 - 17 June 1960) is a French poet associated with surrealism and cubism.

Reverdy arrived in Paris in October 1910. During this time he wrote several collections including Sources du vent, Ferraille and Le Chant des morts.

Works

1915 Poèmes en prose (Paris, Imprimerie Birault). 1917 Le voleur de Talan, roman (Avignon, Imprimerie Rullière). 1918 Les ardoises du toit, illustrated by Georges Braque (Birault). 1921 Cœur de chêne, (Éditions de la Galerie Simon). 1922 Cravates de chanvre, (Éditions Nord-Sud). 1924 Les épaves du ciel (Gallimard). 1925 Écumes de la mer, (Gallimard). 1926 La peau de l'homme, (Gallimard). 1927 Le gant de crin (Plon). 1929 Flaques de verre (Gallimard). 1945 Plupart du temps, poèmes 1915-1922, which collects Poèmes en prose, Quelques poèmes, La lucarne ovale, Les ardoises du toit, Les jockeys camouflés, La guitare endormie, Étoiles peintes, Cœur de chêne et Cravates de chanvre (Gallimard, reedited in 1969 in the « Poésie » series). 1946 Visages, (Paris, Éditions du Chêne). 1948 Le livre de mon bord, notes 1930-1936 (Mercure de France). 1949 Tombeau vivant, Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, in Tombeau de Jean-Sébastien Galanis (Paris, imprimé par Daragnès). 1949 Main d'œuvre, poèmes 1913-1949, which collects: Grande nature, La balle au bond, Sources du vent, Pierres blanches, Ferraille, Plein verre and Le chant des morts and adds Cale sèche and Bois vert, (Mercure de France).