ARAGON LOUIS: (1897-1982) French poet, one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. An excellent manuscript poem signed, Aragon, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. The poem is entitled Art Poétique, and is considered a committed poetry work, being a tribute to his fallen comrades in World War II. The poem states in part `Pour mes amis morts en Mai - Et pour eux seuls désormais - Que mes rimes aient le charme - Qu´ont les larmes sur les armes - Et que pour tous les vivants - Qui changent avec le vent - S´y aiguise au nom des morts - L´arme blanche du remords - Mots mariés mots meurtris - Rimes où le crime crie…… Et quand notre cœur faiblit - Réveillez-nous de l´oubli - Rallumez la lampe éteinte - Que les verres vides tintent - Je chante toujours parmi - Les morts en Mai mes amis´ An important manuscript poem by Aragon. Last few paragraphs showing a slightly lighter ink, although remaining perfectly legible. G  

 

Art Poétique is a poem included in Aragon´s collection En français dans le texte, published in 1943 by Ides & Calendes at Neuchatel.

Aragon had been sent to the Belgian front. In May 1940, and following the attack of the German troops, he will be one of the soldiers besieged in Dunkirk.