Maxime Moses Alexandre

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Maxime Moses Alexandre (1899–1976) was a French poet associated with Surrealism.

Life

Maxime Alexandre was born into a liberal Jewish family in Wolfisheim. There his first language was German, although his family moved to Lausanne during World War I. There he learnt French, and was introduced to Romain Rolland by René Schickelé.[1]

Alexandre was active in the surrealist movement from its inception in 1924 until 1929, when he followed

Communist, he also worked for the French Communist Party newspaper L'Humanité. He was imprisoned when World War II started.[1]

In 1949 Alexandre converted to

Works

References

Jean Rousselot. Dictionnaire de la poesie francaise contemporaine 1968, Auge, Guillon, Hollier -Larousse, Mooreau et Cie.-Librairie Larousse, Paris