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Henri Claisse

Native name: Paul Éluard

Birth name: Eugène Émile Paul Grindel

Also known as: Polʹ Eli︠u︡ar, Paul Grindel, P. Éluard, Jean Du Haut, Eugène-Emile-Paul Grindel, Eugène Emile-Paul Grindel, Paul Eluard, Brun, Eugène Grindel, Maurice Hervent, Pooru Eruāru, Eugène-Emile Paul Grindel, P. Eluard, Eugene-Emile-Paul Grindel, Eugene Emile-Paul Grindel, Eugene Grindel, Eugene-Emile Paul Grindel

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Place of birth:

Saint-Denis Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

1895-12-14 • Birth Sign: Sagittarius

Citizenship:

France

Death date:

1952-11-18 (56 years old)

Short Bio:

Paul Éluard (), born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (; 14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952), was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal grandmother. He adhered to Dadaism and became one of the pillars of Surrealism by opening the way to artistic action politically committed to the Communist Party. During World War II, he was the author of several poems against Nazism that circulated clandestinely.

He became known worldwide as The Poet of Freedom and is considered the most gifted of French surrealist poets.

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