Lautréamont

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Lautréamont was the pseudonym of Isidore Ducasse, a 19th-century French-Uruguayan poet whose dark, surreal, and transgressive work, especially "Les Chants de Maldoror," became a foundational influence on modernist and Surrealist literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pseudonym
associatedWith French literature
Uruguayan literature
birthDate 1846-04-04
birthName Isidore Lucien Ducasse NERFINISHED
birthPlace Montevideo NERFINISHED
Uruguay NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
Uruguay NERFINISHED
deathDate 1870-11-24
deathPlace France
Paris
genre experimental literature
poetry
prose poetry
hasTheme blasphemy
evil
nihilism
rebellion against God and society
sadism
influenced André Breton NERFINISHED
Antonin Artaud NERFINISHED
Louis Aragon NERFINISHED
Paul Éluard NERFINISHED
Philippe Soupault NERFINISHED
Surrealist literature NERFINISHED
modernist literature
influencedBy Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED
Romanticism
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Surrealism
Symbolism
notableFor influence on avant-garde movements
subversion of poetic conventions
use of prose poem form
notableWork Les Chants de Maldoror NERFINISHED
occupation poet
period 19th century
posthumousRecognition yes
realName Isidore Lucien Ducasse NERFINISHED
recognizedAs cult author
precursor of Surrealism
usedForAuthorName Les Chants de Maldoror NERFINISHED
writingStyle blasphemous
dark
ironic
parodic
surreal
transgressive
violent imagery

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André Breton influencedBy Lautréamont
Surrealist Manifesto mentions Lautréamont