Breton, André 1896-1966
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Works: | 2,403 works in 7,802 publications in 23 languages and 80,546 library holdings |
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Genres: | Criticism, interpretation, etc Poetry Biographies Interviews Fiction History Experimental fiction Catalogues raisonnés Catalogs Humor |
Roles: | Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Contributor, Other, Illustrator, Creator, Honoree, Compiler, Publishing director, wst, Interviewee, Collector, Dedicator, Collaborator, Narrator, Artist, Director, Dedicatee, Photographer, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Recipient, Organizer of meeting, Commentator, wpr, Lyricist, Bibliographic antecedent, wat, Author in quotations or text abstracts, Former owner, Restager , Librettist, edc, ed, Curator, Composer, Adapter |
Classifications: | PQ2603.R35, 841.912 |
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Most widely held works about
André Breton
- André Breton : sketch for an early portrait by J. H Matthews( )
- The paradox of photography by Pierre Taminiaux( )
- André Breton by Mary Ann Caws( Book )
- Surrealism and the occult : occultism and Western esotericism in the work and movement of André Breton by Tessel M Bauduin( )
- Surrealism and the literary imagination; a study of Breton and Bachelard by Mary Ann Caws( )
- Ludics in surrealist theatre and beyond by Vassiliki Rapti( )
- An age of fiction; the French novel from Gide to Camus by Germaine Breé( Book )
- Savage sight/constructed noise : poetic adaptations of painterly techniques in the French and American avant-gardes by David LeHardy Sweet( )
- Revolution of the mind : the life of André Breton by Mark Polizzotti( Book )
- André Breton and the basic concepts of surrealism by Michel Carrouges( Book )
- André Breton, magus of surrealism by Anna Balakian( Book )
- André Breton by J. H Matthews( Book )
- Poems of André Breton : a bilingual anthology by André Breton( Book )
- Andre Breton by Michael Aliprandini( )
- Mad love = L'amour fou by André Breton( Book )
- Entretiens 1913-1952 by André Breton( Book )
- Communicating vessels by André Breton( Book )
- André Breton; essai by Claude Mauriac( Book )
- Young cherry trees secured against hares. Jeunes cerisiers garantis contre les lievres by André Breton( Book )
- Surrealist art by Sarane Alexandrian( Book )
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Most widely held works by
André Breton
Nadja by
André Breton(
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406 editions published between 1928 and 2019 in 20 languages and held by 3,002 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nadja, originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance ever written, a book which defined that movement's attitude toward everyday life. The principal narrative is an account of the author's relationship with a girl in the city of Paris, the story of an obsessional presence haunting his life. The first-person narrative is supplemented by forty-four photographs which form an integral part of the work -- pictures of various 'surreal' people, places, and objects which the author visits or is haunted by in Nadja's presence and which inspire him to meditate on their reality or lack of it
406 editions published between 1928 and 2019 in 20 languages and held by 3,002 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nadja, originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance ever written, a book which defined that movement's attitude toward everyday life. The principal narrative is an account of the author's relationship with a girl in the city of Paris, the story of an obsessional presence haunting his life. The first-person narrative is supplemented by forty-four photographs which form an integral part of the work -- pictures of various 'surreal' people, places, and objects which the author visits or is haunted by in Nadja's presence and which inspire him to meditate on their reality or lack of it
Surrealism and painting by
André Breton(
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95 editions published between 1928 and 2006 in 6 languages and held by 1,874 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Réédition en format de poche de l'ensemble des essais historiques et critiques de Breton parus sous ce titre dans des éditions successives augmentées. Ouvrage illustré de quelque 300 reproductions en noir et blanc de tableaux surréalistes: Dali, Magritte, Riopelle, Ernst, Miro, etc
95 editions published between 1928 and 2006 in 6 languages and held by 1,874 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Réédition en format de poche de l'ensemble des essais historiques et critiques de Breton parus sous ce titre dans des éditions successives augmentées. Ouvrage illustré de quelque 300 reproductions en noir et blanc de tableaux surréalistes: Dali, Magritte, Riopelle, Ernst, Miro, etc
Manifestes du surréalisme by
André Breton(
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232 editions published between 1900 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 1,678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Je crois à la résolution future de ces deux états, en apparence si contradictoires, que sont le rêve et la réalité, en une sorte de réalité absolue, de surréalité, si l'on peut ainsi dire. C'est à sa conquête que je vais, certain de n'y pas parvenir mais trop insoucieux de ma mort pour ne pas supputer un peu les joies d'une telle possession."Des projets et des promesses du premier "Manifeste du surréalisme" (1924) aux prises de position, politiques et polémiques, affirmées dans le "Second Manifeste du surréalisme "(1930), se dessine ici une théorie de l'expérience esthétique qui a bouleversé tous les domaines de la création au XXe siècle
232 editions published between 1900 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 1,678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Je crois à la résolution future de ces deux états, en apparence si contradictoires, que sont le rêve et la réalité, en une sorte de réalité absolue, de surréalité, si l'on peut ainsi dire. C'est à sa conquête que je vais, certain de n'y pas parvenir mais trop insoucieux de ma mort pour ne pas supputer un peu les joies d'une telle possession."Des projets et des promesses du premier "Manifeste du surréalisme" (1924) aux prises de position, politiques et polémiques, affirmées dans le "Second Manifeste du surréalisme "(1930), se dessine ici une théorie de l'expérience esthétique qui a bouleversé tous les domaines de la création au XXe siècle
Manifestoes of surrealism by
André Breton(
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29 editions published between 1969 and 2012 in English and French and held by 1,403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume presents the essential ideas of the founder of French surrealism
29 editions published between 1969 and 2012 in English and French and held by 1,403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume presents the essential ideas of the founder of French surrealism
The lost steps = Les pas perdus by
André Breton(
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111 editions published between 1923 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,157 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Lost Steps (Les Pas perdus) is Andre Breton's first collection of critical and polemical essays. Composed between 1917 and 1923, these pieces trace his evolution during the years when he was emerging as a central figure in French (and European) intellectual life
111 editions published between 1923 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,157 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Lost Steps (Les Pas perdus) is Andre Breton's first collection of critical and polemical essays. Composed between 1917 and 1923, these pieces trace his evolution during the years when he was emerging as a central figure in French (and European) intellectual life
Mad love = L'amour fou by
André Breton(
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242 editions published between 1937 and 2021 in 10 languages and held by 1,107 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Le point de vue de l'éditeur Je vous souhaite d'être follement aimée. Un des textes fondamentaux du surréalisme. Un des ouvrages de Breton dans lequel s'offre le plus ouvertement la gamme entière de ses charmes . Le hasard et le désir, la vie et le rêve, le monde et l'homme entretiennent ici une mystérieuse correspondance de tous les instants
242 editions published between 1937 and 2021 in 10 languages and held by 1,107 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Le point de vue de l'éditeur Je vous souhaite d'être follement aimée. Un des textes fondamentaux du surréalisme. Un des ouvrages de Breton dans lequel s'offre le plus ouvertement la gamme entière de ses charmes . Le hasard et le désir, la vie et le rêve, le monde et l'homme entretiennent ici une mystérieuse correspondance de tous les instants
Anthology of black humor by
André Breton(
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140 editions published between 1940 and 2018 in 6 languages and held by 1,068 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This is Breton's definitive statement on l'humour noir, one of the seminal concepts of surrealism. In his provocative anthology of the writers he most admires, Breton discusses the acerbic aphorisms of Swift, Lichtenberg and Duchamp, the theatrical slapstick of Christian Dietrich Grabbe, the wry missives of Rimbaud, the manic paranoia of Dali, the ferocious iconoclasm of Alfred Jarry and the offhand hilarity of Apollinaire. For each of the authors included, Breton provides an enlightening preface, situating both the writer and the work in the context of black humour - a partly macabre, partly ironic, and often absurd turn of spirit that Breton defined as 'a superior revolt of the mind'"--
140 editions published between 1940 and 2018 in 6 languages and held by 1,068 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This is Breton's definitive statement on l'humour noir, one of the seminal concepts of surrealism. In his provocative anthology of the writers he most admires, Breton discusses the acerbic aphorisms of Swift, Lichtenberg and Duchamp, the theatrical slapstick of Christian Dietrich Grabbe, the wry missives of Rimbaud, the manic paranoia of Dali, the ferocious iconoclasm of Alfred Jarry and the offhand hilarity of Apollinaire. For each of the authors included, Breton provides an enlightening preface, situating both the writer and the work in the context of black humour - a partly macabre, partly ironic, and often absurd turn of spirit that Breton defined as 'a superior revolt of the mind'"--
Surrealism by
Herbert Read(
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19 editions published in 1971 in English and Undetermined and held by 931 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Surrealist movement was a revolution directed at every sphere of life, encompassing politics and poetry as well as art, its purpose the liberation of resources of the subconscious mind ..." - Dust jacket excerpt
19 editions published in 1971 in English and Undetermined and held by 931 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Surrealist movement was a revolution directed at every sphere of life, encompassing politics and poetry as well as art, its purpose the liberation of resources of the subconscious mind ..." - Dust jacket excerpt
What is surrealism? : Selected writings by
André Breton(
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34 editions published between 1936 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
André Breton (1896-1966) was the founder and major theorist of the surrealist movement, one of the most vital currents of modern poetry and revolutionary thought. This compilation of Breton's writings gives a compact survey of his views and the perspectives of international surrealism as they have developed through more than half a century, and as they serve to guide the groups and individuals who, in dozens of centuries, have taken up the surrealist cause. About half of the selections are published here in English for the first time; others are reprinted from scarce, out-of-print periodicals. The editor, Franklin Rosemont, met Breton in 1966, and later that year organised the first indigenous US surrealist group. He is the author of two books of poems and the Manifesto on the Position & Direction of the Surrealist Movement in the United States (1970). He played a major role in organising the 1976 World Surrealist Exhibition in Chicago, by far the largest exhibition ever prepared by the surrealists. He lives in Chicago where he edits Arsenal/Surrealist Subversion, English-language journal of the international surrealist movement
34 editions published between 1936 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
André Breton (1896-1966) was the founder and major theorist of the surrealist movement, one of the most vital currents of modern poetry and revolutionary thought. This compilation of Breton's writings gives a compact survey of his views and the perspectives of international surrealism as they have developed through more than half a century, and as they serve to guide the groups and individuals who, in dozens of centuries, have taken up the surrealist cause. About half of the selections are published here in English for the first time; others are reprinted from scarce, out-of-print periodicals. The editor, Franklin Rosemont, met Breton in 1966, and later that year organised the first indigenous US surrealist group. He is the author of two books of poems and the Manifesto on the Position & Direction of the Surrealist Movement in the United States (1970). He played a major role in organising the 1976 World Surrealist Exhibition in Chicago, by far the largest exhibition ever prepared by the surrealists. He lives in Chicago where he edits Arsenal/Surrealist Subversion, English-language journal of the international surrealist movement
Communicating vessels by
André Breton(
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111 editions published between 1932 and 2006 in 7 languages and held by 690 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
André Breton cherche à démontrer que le monde réel et le monde du rêve ne font qu'un. Il examine les différentes théories qui ont proposé une interprétation du rêve, pour s'arrêter longuement à celle de Freud. Mais pour Breton l'unité du rêve et du réel passe par une profonde transformation sociale
111 editions published between 1932 and 2006 in 7 languages and held by 690 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
André Breton cherche à démontrer que le monde réel et le monde du rêve ne font qu'un. Il examine les différentes théories qui ont proposé une interprétation du rêve, pour s'arrêter longuement à celle de Freud. Mais pour Breton l'unité du rêve et du réel passe par une profonde transformation sociale
Marcel Duchamp by
Robert Lebel(
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13 editions published in 1959 in French and English and held by 637 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published in 1959 in French and English and held by 637 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poèmes by
André Breton(
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41 editions published between 1948 and 1978 in 4 languages and held by 630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
41 editions published between 1948 and 1978 in 4 languages and held by 630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La clé des champs by
André Breton(
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75 editions published between 1953 and 1991 in 4 languages and held by 613 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collection of essays on modern literature, art and surrealism
75 editions published between 1953 and 1991 in 4 languages and held by 613 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collection of essays on modern literature, art and surrealism
L'Immaculée conception by
André Breton(
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84 editions published between 1930 and 2021 in 3 languages and held by 585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
84 editions published between 1930 and 2021 in 3 languages and held by 585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The hundred headless woman = La femme 100 têtes by
Max Ernst(
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45 editions published between 1929 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Hundred Headless Woman is Ernst's first collage novel. It features a loosely narrative sequence of uncanny Surrealist collages, made by cutting up and reassembling nineteenth-century illustrations, accompanied by Ernst's equally strange captions. Ernst's French title, La Femme 100 têtes, is a double entendre; when read aloud it can be understood as either "the hundred-headed woman" or "the headless woman." Along with this enigmatic title character, the book marks the introduction of Ernst's favorite alter ego, Loplop, "the Bird Superior." Ernst was deeply engaged with illustrated books during the 1930s; in addition to collage novels, he created many etchings and lithographs to complement the poems and stories of Surrealist writers with whom he was closely associated
45 editions published between 1929 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Hundred Headless Woman is Ernst's first collage novel. It features a loosely narrative sequence of uncanny Surrealist collages, made by cutting up and reassembling nineteenth-century illustrations, accompanied by Ernst's equally strange captions. Ernst's French title, La Femme 100 têtes, is a double entendre; when read aloud it can be understood as either "the hundred-headed woman" or "the headless woman." Along with this enigmatic title character, the book marks the introduction of Ernst's favorite alter ego, Loplop, "the Bird Superior." Ernst was deeply engaged with illustrated books during the 1930s; in addition to collage novels, he created many etchings and lithographs to complement the poems and stories of Surrealist writers with whom he was closely associated
Break of day = Point du jour by
André Breton(
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58 editions published between 1934 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 581 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
58 editions published between 1934 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 581 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Position politique du surréalisme by
André Breton(
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71 editions published between 1935 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 577 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of lectures, articles, and manifestoes signed by Breton and others first published or delivered in 1935
71 editions published between 1935 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 577 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of lectures, articles, and manifestoes signed by Breton and others first published or delivered in 1935
Arcanum 17 : with Apertures grafted to the end by
André Breton(
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66 editions published between 1944 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 565 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Considered radical at the time, today Breton's ideas seem almost prescient, yet breathtaking in their passionate underlying belief in the indestructibility of life and the freedom of the human spirit. Breton considers issues of love and loss, aggression and war, pacifism, feminism and the occult, in a book that is part prose and part poetry, part reality and part dream
66 editions published between 1944 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 565 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Considered radical at the time, today Breton's ideas seem almost prescient, yet breathtaking in their passionate underlying belief in the indestructibility of life and the freedom of the human spirit. Breton considers issues of love and loss, aggression and war, pacifism, feminism and the occult, in a book that is part prose and part poetry, part reality and part dream
What is surrealism? by
André Breton(
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38 editions published between 1924 and 1986 in 5 languages and held by 489 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
38 editions published between 1924 and 1986 in 5 languages and held by 489 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Œuvres complètes by
André Breton(
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9 editions published in 1988 in 3 languages and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Breton (1896-1966) n'a cessé de mener, dans son interrogation de l'écriture et de la vie intérieure, comme dans sa participation difficile à une activité politique à laquelle il se sentait tenu, une aventure intellectuelle où se rencontrent Freud, Hegel, Engels, et une quête sensible, éclairée par Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Picasso, Chirico et Duchamp, l'une et l'autre tendues par la volonté de 'changer la vie'. Aventure et quête collectives, qui exigent une communauté organique, soudée par l'esprit comme par les affinités électives. L'aspiration résolue à faire advenir le possible aux dépens du probable, qui définit le surréalisme de Breton, passe par les chemins de la poésie, de la liberté et de l'amour. Elle a trouvé une langue qui lui assure une place parmi les premiers écrivains de son époque. Maintenue sans désemparer pendant plus d'un demi-siècle, cette volonté conduit Gracq à reconnaître en lui 'un des héros de notre temps'."--Publisher description
9 editions published in 1988 in 3 languages and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Breton (1896-1966) n'a cessé de mener, dans son interrogation de l'écriture et de la vie intérieure, comme dans sa participation difficile à une activité politique à laquelle il se sentait tenu, une aventure intellectuelle où se rencontrent Freud, Hegel, Engels, et une quête sensible, éclairée par Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Picasso, Chirico et Duchamp, l'une et l'autre tendues par la volonté de 'changer la vie'. Aventure et quête collectives, qui exigent une communauté organique, soudée par l'esprit comme par les affinités électives. L'aspiration résolue à faire advenir le possible aux dépens du probable, qui définit le surréalisme de Breton, passe par les chemins de la poésie, de la liberté et de l'amour. Elle a trouvé une langue qui lui assure une place parmi les premiers écrivains de son époque. Maintenue sans désemparer pendant plus d'un demi-siècle, cette volonté conduit Gracq à reconnaître en lui 'un des héros de notre temps'."--Publisher description
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- Éluard, Paul 1895-1952 Dedicator Contributor Author of introduction Illustrator Dedicatee Organizer of meeting Author Editor Honoree
- Caws, Mary Ann Author Editor Translator
- Polizzotti, Mark Author of introduction Author Translator
- Bonnet, Marguerite Other Author of introduction Author Editor
- Valéry, Paul 1871-1945 Author
- Soupault, Philippe 1897-1990 Other Interviewee Editor Author of introduction Author Contributor
- Duchamp, Marcel 1887-1968 Interviewee Artist Curator Illustrator Dedicatee Organizer of meeting Author Editor Collector
- Baudelaire, Charles 1821-1867
- Barthes, Roland
- Taminiaux, Pierre 1958- Author
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Aragon, Art Art, Modern Art and society Artists Arts, Modern Authors, French Aymé, Marcel, Bernanos, Georges, Bosco, Henri, Breton, André, Camus, Albert, Catholic Church Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, Cocteau, Jean, Communism and society Critics Dreams Duchamp, Marcel, Duhamel, Georges, Editors Femme 100 têtes (Ernst, Max) France France--Paris French fiction French literature French poetry German fiction Gide, André, Giono, Jean, Giraudoux, Jean, Green, Julien, Imaginary companions Love Magic in art Malraux, André, Martin Du Gard, Roger, Mauriac, François, Painters Painting, Modern Poets, French Proust, Marcel, Queneau, Raymond, Romains, Jules, Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, Sartre, Jean-Paul, Surrealism Surrealism (Literature) Theology, Doctrinal Wit and humor
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André Breton
André Breton escriptor francès
André Breton escritor francés
André Breton escritor, poeta e teórico do surrealismo francês
André Breton escritor, poeta y ensayista francés
André Breton franca verkisto
André Breton francia író, költő, esztéta
André Breton francouzský básník a prozaik
André Breton francuski pisarz
André Breton francúzsky spisovateľ
André Breton Frans auteur
André Breton fransk poet
André Breton französischer Dichter und Schriftsteller
André Breton French writer
André Breton French writer and poet, co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966))
André Breton poeta franses
André Breton poeta, saggista e critico d'arte francese
André Breton poète et écrivain français
André Breton Prantsusmaa kirjanik
André Breton ranskalainen kirjailija
André Breton scriitor francez
Andre Breton shkrimtar francez
André Breton Yazar, şair, gerçeküstücülüğün babası
Andrē Bretons
Andreas Breton
Breton.
Breton, A.
Breton A. 1896-1966
Breton, A. (André), 1896-1966
Breton, André
Breton, Andre 1896-1966
Breton André François
Breton , André <letterato>
Breton André Rober
Breton, Andrè Robert, 1896-1966
Breton, D'André
Bretonas Andrė
Brītūn, Andrī 1896-1966
Brītūn, Andrīh 1896-1966
Tanguy, Yves
Yves Tanguy
Αντρέ Μπρετόν Γάλλος υπερρεαλιστής, λογοτέχνης, ποιητής
Андре Бретон
Андре Бретон французский прозаик и поэт, основоположник сюрреализма
Андре Бретон француски писател и поет, основоположник на надреализмот
Андре Бретон френски писател и поет
Андрэ Брэтон
Бретон А. 1896-1966
Бретон, Андре 1896-1966
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אנדרה ברטון
אנדרה ברטון סופר צרפתי
ברטון, אנדרה
ברטון, אנדרה 1896-1966
آندره بروتون شاعر فرانسوی
آندره بروتون شاعر، نویسنده و نظریهپرداز فرانسوی
أندريه برتون
أندريه برتون كاتب فرنسي
أندريه بروتون، 1896-1966
ئاندرé برەتۆن
ئاندرێ بریتۆن
অঁদ্রে ব্র্যতোঁ ফরাসি লেখক
ਆਂਦਰੇ ਬਰੇਤੋਂ
ანდრე ბრეტონი
브레똥, 앙드레 1896-1966
브레통, 앙드레 1896-1966
브로통, 앙드레 1896-1966
브르통, 앙드레 1896-1966
앙드레 브르통
アンドレ・ブルトン
アンドレ・ブルトン 1896-1966, フランスの詩人、文学者、シュルレアリスト
ブルトン, アンドレ
ブルトン, アンドレ 1896-1966
安德烈·布勒東
安德烈·布勒東 法國作家
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