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Lifetime: 1846 - 1870 Passed: ≈ 154 years ago

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Writer

Country/Nationality

Comte de Lautréamont

Books by Comte de Lautréamont

Chants de Maldoror Cover image

Chants de Maldoror

Poetry Satire Horror Fiction Philosophy Novel
Gothic Symbolism Nihilism Violence Evil Rebellion Humanity God French Literature Surrealism Dark humor Protagonist 19th century literature Macabre Dada Misanthropy Iconoclasm Prose Poem Anti-hero Antagonist Transgression

Les Chants de Maldoror is a poetic novel (or a long prose poem) consisting of six cantos. It was written between 1868 and 1869 by the Comte de Lautreamont, the pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse. Many of the surrealists in the early 1900s cited the...