Lautréamont

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Lautréamont was the pseudonym of Isidore Ducasse, a 19th-century French-Uruguayan poet whose dark, surreal, and transgressive work, especially "Les Chants de Maldoror," became a foundational influence on modernist and Surrealist literature.

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Lautréamont canonical 2
Comte de Lautréamont 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pseudonym
associatedWith French literature
Uruguayan literature
birthDate 1846-04-04
birthName Isidore Lucien Ducasse
birthPlace Montevideo
Uruguay
countryOfCitizenship France
Uruguay
deathDate 1870-11-24
deathPlace France
Paris
genre experimental literature
poetry
prose poetry
hasTheme blasphemy
evil
nihilism
rebellion against God and society
sadism
influenced André Breton
Antonin Artaud
Louis Aragon
Paul Éluard
Philippe Soupault
Surrealist literature
linked to: Surrealism

modernist literature
influencedBy Charles Baudelaire
Romanticism
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Surrealism
Symbolism
notableFor influence on avant-garde movements
subversion of poetic conventions
use of prose poem form
notableWork Les Chants de Maldoror
occupation poet
period 19th century
posthumousRecognition yes
realName Isidore Lucien Ducasse
recognizedAs cult author
precursor of Surrealism
usedForAuthorName Les Chants de Maldoror
writingStyle blasphemous
dark
ironic
parodic
surreal
transgressive
violent imagery

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André Breton influencedBy Lautréamont
Surrealist Manifesto mentions Lautréamont
Les Chants de Maldoror author Comte de Lautréamont
linked to: Lautréamont