Apollinaire (1880 –1918) was a well-known French poet, writer and art critic. He was one of the first artists to represent a new movement of visual art and literature - surrealism. The goal of this movement was to rise above the normal vision of the world and to reach its essence.
Paul Éluard was a French poet, one of the founders of the surrealist movement...
See Paris through the eyes of a poet! Follow the footsteps of Baudelaire who often wrote poetry about Paris.
After the Liberation, Saint-Germain-des-Prés took up jazz, singing and theatre, and served as a backdrop in French cinema. Certain figures mythified the quarter which, since the 60s, had been transforming itself into a ‘spoilt rich-kid’ quarter.
Après la Libération, Saint-Germain-des-Prés se met au jazz, à la chanson, au théâtre et sert de décor au cinéma français. Des figures mythifient le quartier qui se transforme dès les années 1960 en quartier de "fils à Papa".
Le café de Flore, les Deux Magots et le Lipp, inaugurés dans les années 1880 et situés sur le célèbre boulevard Saint-Germain à Paris, sont à l’origine de l'effervescence artistique et intellectuelle qui s’y épanouit dès la fin du XIXème siècle, cercles et prix littéraires émergeant de ces cafés.
Café de Flore, les Deux Magots and Le Lipp, built in the 1880s and located on Paris’ famous Boulevard Saint-Germain are the cornerstones of the artistic and intellectual vivacity that spread in the 19th century.
Au XIXème siècle se produisent de grands changements dans la conception de la poésie, qui conduisent ensuite au passage à la poésie moderne. Retour sur le rôle du grand poète Charles Baudelaire dans cette révolution française.
Charles Baudelaire, the great literary figure of the nineteenth century, is an author known by all. Along with Victor Hugo and Arthur Rimbaud, he is considered to be one of the greatest French writers in history. But what exactly were his literary feats?
Very little on the Côte d’Azur is undiscovered. The deep-water harbour is ideal for cruise ships and day-trippers are off-loaded en masse during the peak summer season. It gets busy. Nonetheless, Villefranche somehow manages to guard its small fishing village atmosphere.
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