Ombres Et Soleil / Shadows and Sun: Selected Writings of 1913-1952

Poems & seminal lectures by "the people's poet" of Europe, well-known abroad (director of the Resistance writers of Northern France during WWII) record Eluard's tributes 1) to artists, friends who frequented Paris during the Spanish Civil war, during & after the two World Wars; 2) to the beloved women who shared his life; 3) to all who have suffered injustice during those times. This comprehensive collection of his original work, with English renderings that do not betray, make best of his collection available, with a representation from his friends, the artists who illustrated them: Picasso, Magritte, Man Ray, De Chirico, Chagall, etc.Lloyd Alexander is the author of 'Ombres Et Soleil / Shadows and Sun: Selected Writings of 1913-1952' with ISBN 9780961748173 and ISBN 0961748176.