Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916)

This fully annotated bilingual edition of Calligrammes makes available a key work not only in Apollinaire's own development but also in the evolution of modern French poetry. Apollinaire—Roman by birth, Polish by name (Wilhelm—Apollinaris de Kostrowitski), Parisian by choice—died at thirty—eight in 1918. Nevertheless, he became one of the leading figures in twentieth—century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the work of the Surrealists.