Isidore Ducasse, il Conte di Lautréamont

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Isidore Ducasse (Comte de Lautréamont), born in Montevideo in 1846 to French parents, wrote Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies. He settled in Paris and died on November 24, 1870 at age 24. His work is noted for its violent, impenetrable prose and later influence on Surrealism.

Born in Montevideo (1846) to French parents; educated in France; settled in Paris in 1868; died November 24, 1870 in Paris. Author of Les Chants de Maldoror (first printed 1869) and Poésies. Considered a precursor to Surrealism and known for prose-poetry that shocked contemporaries.

The reviews discuss Isidore Ducasse (Comte de Lautréamont), author of Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies. His work is described as violent, labyrinthine prose-poetry and a precursor to Surrealism. Born in Montevideo in 1846, he died in Paris in 1870 at age 24. The texts are challenging and divisive but historically influential.