André Breton revives the eccentric poet Xavier Forneret.

"This eccentric which had adopted the nickname of the black man, has made an exceptional existence, as bizarre, as extraordinary as the productions out of his brain. »»

3.000€

André Breton (1896.1966)

Autograph manuscript - Xavier Forneret.

Seven pages (four in-4 ° and three in-8 °) with green ink on peeling paper.

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"This eccentric which had adopted the nickname of the black man, has made an exceptional existence, as bizarre, as extraordinary as the productions out of his brain. »»

Breton revives forneret. André Breton work notes dissecting the biography, literature and eccentricities of Xavier Forneret. Breton copies some passages from the famous Figaro article devoted to the black man by Charles Monselet as well as passages from various works by the writer.

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This eccentric which had adopted the nickname of the black man, has made an expedter [Ionnelle], as bizarre, as extraordian [annah] as the productions out of her brain. Contemporary biography has taken care of him very little because it is barely if we know him [ons] by the notes full of interest and curiosity that ch. Monselet and the “anecdotal review” devoted to him. We have not read the article in “Fig [ARO]” dated July 26, 1859. […] It is said of him, strange things, which make his life bourgeois and provincial, suspect to his compatriots . […]

He wanted to present to the theater a drama in five acts and in prose, entitled the black man; The 1st ^staging had the streets of the city for theater, thanks to the fortune of the author who, the day before the representation, had the halberdiers and heralds of the aging Middle Ages were walking at the end of the banners where the title of the room. The next day, the spectat [eurs] flocked in the room, but the room fell under the noisy opposition of the public. This failure did not prevent Forneret from having his drama printed, which he had a symbolic guard cover, with white letters standing out on a black background. From this day, he was asserting himself by the name of the room and signing some volumes of this pseudon [nyme]….

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It is to André Breton and to the surreal group that we owe the posterity of the eccentric writer Beauenois Xavier forneret. Considered one of the precursors of the movement, Breton described him as a “ surrealist honorary ” .