Prix Renaudot (Prix Théophraste-Renaudot)
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Edition 11 (1936) Winner
Louis Aragon
ルイ・アラゴン
Rui Aragon
Pen Names:
Albert de Routisie（Pen name for the novel Irene's Cunt）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1897-10-03 （Paris）
- Died
- 1982-12-24 （Paris） age 85
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Paris → Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, editor, journalist, political activist
- Active Years
- 1919-1982
- Affiliations
- Académie Goncourt, French Communist Party
- Memberships
- French Communist Party, Académie Goncourt
- Influenced By
- André Breton, Philippe Soupault, Lewis Carroll
- Influenced
- Léo Ferré, Jean Ferrat
- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Literature nominee (frequent after 1959)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Prix Renaudot | Les Beaux Quartiers | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1956 | Lenin Peace Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1940 | Croix de Guerre | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Prix Renaudot
1936
Work:
Les Beaux Quartiers
Result:
受賞
Lenin Peace Prize
1956
Result:
受賞
Croix de Guerre
1940
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Le Paysan de Paris
1926 SurrealismA surrealist exploration of Paris streets.
cityunconscious
Les Cloches de Bâle
1934 NovelFirst part of the 'Le Monde réel' series.
politicscommunism
Aurélien
1944 NovelDepicts love in revolutionary times.
loverevolution
Le Fou d'Elsa
1963 NovelInspired by his wife Elsa Triolet.
lovepoetry
Bibliography
- Anicet ou le Panorama, roman (1921)
- Les Aventures de Télémaque (1922)
- Le Paysan de Paris (1926)
- Les Cloches de Bâle (1934)
- Les Beaux Quartiers (1936)
Translations by Author
- The Hunting of the Snark (translation, 1929)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Transition from Surrealism to Socialist RealismExperimental stylePolitical poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- Love (Elsa)RevolutionResistance
Legacy
Key figure in French Surrealism, lifelong Communist, influential poet with many works set to music.
Museums
- Maison Triolet-Aragon Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines
In Popular Culture
- Many poems set to music by Léo Ferré and Jean Ferrat
Quotes
-
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope;
Source: The Hunting of the Snark (translation) (1929)
Trivia
- Raised believing his mother was his sister and grandmother his mother; learned truth at 19.
- Translated Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark.
- Co-founder of Surrealism.