Key facts
- Born
- 13 September 1889, Narbonne , France
- Died
- 17 June 1960 (1960-06-17) (aged 71), Solesmes , France
- Occupation
- Poet, critic
- Nationality
- French
- Period
- 1910–1960
- Literary movement
- Surrealism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Narbonne
- Place of death
- Solesmes Abbey
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Movement
- cubism
- Image
- PIERRE REVERDY 1889 POETA Y ESCRITOR FRANCES (13451270843).jpg
- Residence
- Solesmes
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- Commons category
- Pierre Reverdy
- date of birth
- 1889-09-13
- date of death
- 1960-06-21
- name in native language
- Pierre Reverdy
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
- writing language
- French
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Pierre Reverdy ( French: [ʁəvɛʁdi]; 13 September 1889 – 17 June 1960) was a French poet whose works were inspired by and subsequently proceeded to influence the provocative art movements of the day, Surrealism, Dadaism and Cubism. The loneliness and spiritual apprehension that ran through his poetry appealed to the Surrealist credo. He, though, remained independent of the prevailing "-isms", searching for something beyond their definitions. His writing matured into a mystical mission seeking, as he wrote: "the sublime simplicity of reality."
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pierre Reverdy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.