Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918)
Author of Alcools
About the Author
Guillaume Apollinaire is one of the most widely read and influential of modern French poets. He was born either in Rome, where he was baptized, or in Monaco, where he was educated at the Lycee Saint-Charles. Quintessentially modern, his reputation rests principally on two volumes of poems-Alcools show more (1913) and Calligrammes (1918), which broke with the traditions of nineteenth-century poetry in both form and content. Apollinaire introduced free verse, eliminated punctuation, and even wrote poems in the form of pictures to express the dynamism of the new twentieth century. Apollinaire wrote novels, short stories, and plays as well as poetry. He wrote The Cubist Painters (1913), which first defined the nature of cubism. In addition, he edited for the Bibliotheque des Curieux erotic books of repute and helped to catalogue the repository of forbidden books in the Bibliotheque Nationale. He became the friend of great cubists, including Picasso and Braque. He died in the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918. (Bowker Author Biography) Born on August 26, 1880 in Rome, Guillaume Apollinaire epitomizes the idea of the Bohemian life. His mother led a raucous life, running up gambling debts and forcing him to assume the identity of a Russian Prince to support her lifestyle. At that time, there was much speculation regarding his unknown father's identity. Appolinaire socialized with many avant-garde artists, including Picasso and Braque, and strongly influenced many artistic styles including cubism, dadaism, and surrealism; the latter a term he invented in his play The Breasts of Tiresias. Appolinaire was imprisoned on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa in 1911. He served in the French Army from 1914 to 1916. Guillaume's works include plays, poems, and short stories. The Poet Assasinated and The Wandering Jew and Other Stories are two of his more notable works. Calligrammes, published in 1918, is a collection of cubist poetry in which the poems are written in the shape of the objects that they describe, such as a car. Guillaume Apollinaire's life was cut short by the Spanish influenza epidemic of the early twentieth century. He died in November 1918, at the age of 38. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Guillaume Apollinaire
Les Onze Milles Verges: Or the Amorous Adventures of Prince Mony Vibescu (1907) 373 copies, 5 reviews
Two Novels: The Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell; The Debauched Hospodar (1970) 52 copies, 5 reviews
L'Enchanteur pourrissant, suivi de "Les Mamelles de Tirésias" et de "Couleur du temps" (1972) 18 copies
The Wandering Jew, and other stories 6 copies
Guillaume Apollinaire — Author — 5 copies
Bibliolycée - Alcools, Guillaume Apollinaire - BAC 2022: Parcours : Modernité poétique ? (texte… (2019) 4 copies
Guillaume Apollinaire : Oeuvres majeures - Nouvelle édition augmentée (Annoté) (French Edition) (2014) 3 copies
Birds, Beasts and a World Made New: Guillaume Apollinaire and Velimir Khlebnikov (1908-22) (Pushkin Press Classics) (2024) 3 copies
Pásmo a jiné verše 3 copies
Poesie 2 copies
Poesie : Testo francese a fronte 2 copies
Guillaume Apollinaire 2 copies
Onze Mil Varas, As 2 copies
Furst Vibescu 2 copies
ALCOOLS Poems 1893-1913 2 copies
Le roi-lune et cinq autres contes 2 copies
�uvres en prose I 2 copies
Los diablos enamorados. Introducciones a la literatura erótica: Introducciones a la literatura erótica (2022) 2 copies
De schaduw 2 copies
"Stikhi". 2 copies
Parole mutate in stelle - Poesie 33 2 copies
Opera poetica 2 copies
Novi duh 2 copies
Apollinaire : poesie 2 copies
Sedící žena 1 copy
Gui aan Lou 1 copy
L'œuvre du Marquis de Sade. Pages choisies comprenant des morceaux inédits. Introduction, essai… 1 copy, 1 review
Ombre de Mon Amour: Poems 1 copy
As Onze Mil Vergas Livro 1 1 copy
Poezje wybrane 1 copy
Poemas esenciales 1 copy
Alcool: Calligrammi 1 copy
Amouren im Schloss 1 copy
Madeleine 1 copy
ΕΝΔΕΚΑ ΧΙΛΙΑΔΕΣ ΒΕΡΓΕΣ 1 copy
Les exploits d'un jeune Don Juan - Dialogues de courtisanes - Illustrations de Jean Retailleau 1 copy
Les onze milles verges 1 copy
OBRA POÉTICA 1 copy
Roma familiei Borgia 1 copy
OEUVRES 1 copy
I pittori cubisti. Con una lettera di Picasso sull'arte (tradotto dal Fraqncese da Girogio Peri 1 copy
Le Poète Assasiné 1 copy
Irene 1 copy
Escritos de Apollinaire 1 copy
Le gastro-astronomisme, ou, La cuisine nouvelle = Il gastro-astronomismo o la cucina nuova ; L'ami M 1 copy
Il divino aretino 1 copy
Selected Writings of Guillaume Apollinaire [SEL WRITINGS OF GUILLAUME APOL] [Paperback] (1971) 1 copy
Victory 1 copy
El Marquez de Sade 1 copy
ALKOLLER 1 copy
Poesie libere 1 copy
🍷 GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE ALCOOLS 🥃: Alcools de guillaume apollinaire | 17,78 x 25,4 cm, 121 pages | édition… (2021) 1 copy
Nowe przekłady 1 copy
Nestanak Honore Subraca 1 copy
Umetnostne kronike 1 copy
�uvres en prose II 1 copy
�uvres en prose III 1 copy
Le dossier d' "Alcools" 1 copy
Red i pustolovina 1 copy
Il gastro-astronomismo o la cucina nuova, L'amico méritarte-Le gastro-astronomisme ou la cuisine nouvelle,… (2018) 1 copy
Alcools - Calligrammes - Le Guetteur mélancolique - Le Poète assassiné - L'Enchanteur… (2018) 1 copy
Lou 1 copy
Gājiens : dzeja 1 copy
Henri Rousseau le douanier, exposition organisée par le Front national des arts pour commémorer le centenaire de la… (1944) 1 copy
Poesie: Le bestiaire ou cortège d'Orphée, Alcools, Vitam impendere amori, Calligrammes, Poesie… 1 copy
Casanova, comédie parodique 1 copy
Pos ou, pr de Il y a 1 copy
Textes inédits 1 copy
Relatos 1 copy
Alkoholy ivota 1 copy
Le bestiaire ou cortège d'Orphée.-Il bestiario o al seguito di Orfeo. Ediz. illustrata (2019) 1 copy
THE DOCUMENTS OF 20th-CENTURY ART: APOLLINAIRE ON ART Essays and Reviews 1902-1910 By Guillaume Apollinaire Edited by… (1972) 1 copy
Bir Aşk Kırgınının Şarkısı 1 copy
Dünya Gülü 1 copy
Poesia 1 copy
L'Enchanteur Pourrissant, Suivi De Les Mamelles (Poesie/Gallimard) by Apollinaire (1972-02-01) 1 copy
Les soirées de Paris : Revue littéraire et artistique dirigée par Guillaume Apollinaire (2012) 1 copy
A Mulher Sentada 1 copy
O Heresiarca e C.ª 1 copy
Aşk Şiirleri 1 copy
O Poeta Asasinado 1 copy
Poesie. Scelta e traduzione di G. Caproni. Prefazione di A. Bevilacqua. Testo originale a fronte. (2004) 1 copy
Reconnais-Toi 1 copy
Wybór poezji 1 copy
Prince of Debauchery 1 copy
La Chanson du Mal Aimé 1 copy
Poèmes à Lou 1 copy
Associated Works
Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics (1968) — Contributor — 773 copies, 5 reviews
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contributor — 578 copies, 4 reviews
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contributor — 460 copies, 1 review
Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness (1993) — Contributor — 343 copies, 2 reviews
Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned: Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition (2016) — Contributor — 67 copies, 1 review
Lovers & Other Monsters: A Collection of Amorous Tales of Fantasy, Old and New (1993) — Contributor — 59 copies, 1 review
El mismo cuento distinto / L'homme en la rue / Le matelot d'Amsterdam (1995) — Contributor — 12 copies
Het neusje van de zalm een feestelijke bloemlezing uit Querido's 'vlaggetjesreeks' (1986) — Contributor — 7 copies
Historie Osobliwe I Fantastyczne — Contributor — 4 copies
L'Oeuvre du comte de mirabeau : Les maîtres de l'Amour (2015) — Introduction, Notes et essais complémentaire, some editions — 2 copies
Poor Old Tired Horse, Number 13 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Kostrowitzy, Guillaume Albert Vladimir Alexandre Apollinaire de
- Other names
- Wąż-Kostrowicki, Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary de
- Birthdate
- 1880-08-26
- Date of death
- 1918-11-09
- Burial location
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris, France
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Cause of death
- influenza
- Places of residence
- Paris, France
Rome, Italy - Education
- Katholiek College (Monaco)
Collège Stanislas (Cannes)
Lyceum (Nice) - Occupations
- poet
playwright
short story writer
novelist
art critic - Relationships
- Jarry, Alfred (Ami)
Salmon, André (Ami)
Golberg, Mécislas (Ami)
Picasso, Pablo (Ami)
Férat, Serge (Ami)
Buffet-Picabia, Gabriële (friend) - Organizations
- French Army
- Awards and honors
- Mort pour la France
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Reviews
Two Novels by Guillaume Apollinaire
I purchased this book for the collection value. I took a chance and read it, knowing what I was getting into (any of the Obelisk and Olympia Press books are generally the same genre) but this one really breached the limits of nasty. Basically, if you're a freak, you might like it.
Best Apollinaire edition that you could read in Romanian. Several translators put a lot of effort into translating not just the already well-known Alcools, but also most of his other texts, including even a few Calligrammes. Brilliant poet, what a pity this edition has not been republsihed ever since... if you see it, grab it!
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- Works
- 334
- Also by
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- Members
- 4,425
- Popularity
- #5,662
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 52
- ISBNs
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- Languages
- 26
- Favorited
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