Philippe Soupault

Philippe Soupault was born in Chaville in 1897. A friend of André Breton, he founded with him in 1919 an avant-garde journal, regarded as the cradle of surrealism, and wrote with him one of the first books of automatic writing. He was expelled from the surrealist group in 1926. A journalist, critic and essayist, he directed Radio Tunis from 1937 to 1940. Arrested under the Vichy regime, he managed to escape and reached the United States. He died in Paris in 1990.

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• NovelLast Nights of ParisLes Dernières Nuits de ParisPhilippe Soupault · 1928Literature