Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon | |
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Portrait of Aragon, before 1982 | |
| Born | 3 October 1897 Paris, France |
| Died | 24 December 1982 (aged 85) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines |
| Nationality | French |
| Notable works | Les Lettres françaises, Pour un réalisme socialiste |
Louis Aragon (French: [lwi aʁaɡɔ̃] ⓘ; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review Littérature. He was also a novelist and editor, a long-time member of the Communist Party and a member of the Académie Goncourt. After 1959, he was a frequent nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature.