From the Hidden Storehouse: Selected Poems

Benjamin Péret, Keith Hollaman (Translated by)

$16.75

Publication Date: December 15th, 1981

Publisher:

Oberlin College Press

ISBN:

9780932440112

Pages:

152

Description

Luis Bunuel called Péret “the quintessential surrealist poet.” Benjamin Peret is a poet like no other. One of the original group of Surrealists, he seceded from Dada in 1924 and remained faithful to Surrealist principles until his death in 1959. His irreverence and incandescent imagination remain fresh and funny, and they are perfectly captured in this inspired, idomatic translation.

About the Author

BENJAMINE PERET is a poet like no other. One of the original group of Surrealists, he seceded from Dada in 1924 (with his friends Breton, Aragon, and Soupault), and remained faithful to Surrealist principles until his death in 1959. His irreverence and in