Benjamin Péret (1899-1959) was a French poet and surrealist. 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ...

Born in Rézé in 1899, and enlisted in the army to avoid being jailed. He saw action in the Balkans, and served through the war. Afterwards, he joined the Dada movement, and in 1921 published a collection of poetry. He left the Dada movement with Breton and joined Surrealism. Dadaism or Dada is a post-World War I cultural movement in visual art as well as literature (mainly poetry), theatre and graphic design. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement, and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the unconscious. ...

Beginning in 1924 he was the co-editor of the journal "La Revolution Surrealiste", becoming chief editor in 1925. In 1928, while living in Brazil, he published "Le Grand Jeu". Buffetted by the winds of politics, he fought in the Spanish Civil War, met Trotsky in Mexico City, and returned to France only to be arrested for subversion, released, and then spent the remainder of his life in Paris. History of Spain Series -Timeline -Prehistoric Spain -Roman Spain -Visigothic Spain -Medieval Spain -Moorish Spain -Age of Reconquest -Age of Expansion -Age of Enlightenment -Reaction and Revolution -First Spanish Republic -The Restoration -Second Spanish Republic -Spanish Civil War -The Dictatorship -Modern Spain Topics -Economic History -Military History -Social History The... 1915 passport photo of Trotsky Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Trotskii, Trotski, Trotzky) (October 26 (O.S.) = November 7 (N.S.), 1879 - August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist intellectual. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

External Link

A biography of Péret in French (http://lyceeduparc.free.fr/foliotage/itinbuis/roche/peret.html)