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Robert Desnos was a French poet, writer, screenwriter, and journalist associated with the surrealism movement. Born in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, he wrote in French. His literary output includes works such as *Corps et biens*, *¡La Libertad O el Amor!*, *De L'Erotisme* (French Edition), and *A la misteriosa ; Las tinieblas*.
Desnos was detained in Auschwitz, Flossenbürg concentration camp, and the Theresienstadt Ghetto. He died of typhoid fever at the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1945. He received the *mort pour la France* and the Resistance Medal. He is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery.
Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Robert Desnos
- Corps et biens
- ¡La Libertad O el Amor!
- De L'Erotisme (French Edition)
- A la misteriosa ; Las tinieblas
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- France
- Active from
- 1900
- Active to
- 1945
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,407
- Total plays
- 6,852
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Desnos">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,692x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,488x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,761x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,721x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,408x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1900-07-04 ) 4 July 1900, Paris, France
- Died
- 8 June 1945 (1945-06-08) (aged 44), Theresienstadt concentration camp , Czechoslovakia
- Known for
- Poetry
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 11th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Terezín
- Occupation
- draftsperson
- Educated at
- Lycée Turgot
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Award
- Resistance Medal
- Movement
- surrealism
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Robert Desnos.jpg
Show 18 more facts
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- Commons category
- Robert Desnos
- date of birth
- 1910-07-04
- date of death
- 1945-06-08
- name in native language
- Robert Desnos
- cause of death
- typhoid fever
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of detention
- Theresienstadt Ghetto
- ethnic group
- French
- writing language
- French
- start of work period
- 1917-00-00
- pseudonym
- Pierre de Ruysnes
- subject has role
- Holocaust survivor
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Fine Arts of Reims
- end of work period
- 1944-00-00
- archives at
- Defence Historical Service
- birth name
- Robert Pierre Desnos
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Robert Desnos, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~21 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Robert Desnos ( French: [ʁɔbɛʁ dɛsnos]; 4 July 1900 – 8 June 1945) was a French poet who played a key role in the Surrealist movement.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robert Desnos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.