René Char
René Char (1907–1988) was a French poet and one of the major literary figures of twentieth century France. Initially associated with the Surrealists around André Breton in the late 1920s, he later developed a more independent poetic voice marked by compressed language, philosophical reflection, and imagery drawn from nature and resistance.
During the Second World War Char joined the French Resistance in Provence under the codename “Capitaine Alexandre.” His wartime writings later became central to his literary reputation, especially the collection Feuillets d’Hypnos (1946).
After the war he became closely connected to artists including Georges Braque, Joan Miró, and Nicolas de Staël, collaborating frequently on illustrated books and livres d’artiste. His poetry occupied an important place within postwar French artistic and intellectual circles. He was also a close friend and associate of Albert Camus
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Lam
DLM No. 52. Lam. Texts by Michel Leiris, Georges Braque, André Breton, Aimé Césaire, René Char, Leone Kochnitzky, Pierre Mabille, Fernando Ortiz, Pablo Picasso, Herbert Read, and Christian Zervos. January 1953. -
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Miró
DLM No. 125–126. Miró. Texts by René Char and Jacques Dupin. April 1961. -
