Louis Aragon

Louis Aragon was born in Paris on 3 October 1897, the natural son of Louis Andrieux, a former prefect of police; his family hid his parentage from him, and he only learned of it at nineteen, when he was about to leave for the war. He was one of the founders of surrealism with André Breton and Philippe Soupault, then joined the Communist Party in January 1927. He met Elsa Triolet in 1928 and married her. He directed the daily newspaper Ce soir, then the weekly Les Lettres françaises. He died in Paris on 24 December 1982.

In the catalogue 2

• NarrativeParis PeasantLe Paysan de ParisLouis Aragon · 1926Literature
• NovelAurelienAurélienLouis Aragon · 1944Literature