Paroles Explained

Paroles
Author:Jacques Prévert
Orig Lang Code:fr
Cover Artist:Brassaï
Country:France
Language:French
Genre:Poetry
Publisher:Le Calligraphe
Pub Date:1945
Dewey:841.914
Followed By:Histoires

Paroles (in French pronounced as /pa.ʁɔl/; "Words") is a collection of poems by Jacques Prévert,[1] first published in 1946.[2]

Lawrence Ferlinghetti's translation of 44 poems from this collection was published by Penguin in the 1960s, under the title Selections from Paroles.

It was ranked 16th in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century]].

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Alistair Rolls . John West-Sooby . Jean Fornasiero . If I Say If. 2014. University of Adelaide Press. 56. 9781922064622 .
  2. http://www.gallimard.fr/Footer/Ressources/Entretiens-et-documents/Histoire-d-un-livre-Paroles-de-Jacques-Prevert Publisher's page on the history of the book.