Author: Soupault, Philippe

Publisher: Editions des Cahiers Libres, Paris 1926

Sm.8° - 36pp - One B/w portrait of P. Soupault. Postcard by Philippe Soupault (1897-1990) French poet, novelist, critic, and political activist, born in Chaville. He was active in Dadaism and later was instrumental in founding the Surrealist movement with André Breton. Soupault initiated the periodical Littérature together with writers Breton and Louis Aragon in Paris in 1919, which, for many, marks the beginnings of Surrealism. The first book of automatic writing, Les Champs magnétiques, was co-authored by Soupault and Breton. First edition N° 1 of 50 copies on Hollande, text in French language. Original boards (Glassine). As New!