Benjamin Péret [SEP] occupation
Benjamin Péret
Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist and a founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism.
Biography.
Benjamin Péret was born in Rezé, France on 4 July 1899. He, as a child, acquired little education due to his dislike of school and he instead attended the Local Art School from 1912. He too, however, resigned soon after in 1913 due to his sheer lack of study
English translations.
- "Four Years After the Dog". Poems of Benjamin Péret. Arc Publications, 1974.
- "Irregular Work". Actual Size Press, 1984.
- "Death to the Pigs and the Field of Battle". Atlas Press, 1988.
- "From the Hidden Storehouse (Selected Poems by Benjamin Péret)". Oberlin College, 1991.
- "Mad Balls". Atlas Press, 1991.
- "The Automatic Muse". Atlas Press,