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A Brief History of Surrealism: From André Breton to Frida Kahlo | Art of Saudade

Surrealism as a cultural, literary, and artistic movement emerged in the aftermath of World War I when artists would not only dream of a better world, but they would try to create it.  Among the major figures of Surrealism were the writers André Breton, Robert Desnos, Paul Éluard, Louis Aragon, and the painters Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst and René Magritte. André Breton, the Father of … Continue reading A Brief History of Surrealism: From André Breton to Frida Kahlo | Art of Saudade

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Was Max Brod a bad friend?

German-speaking Jewish writer from Prague working for an Italian insurance company… No, that’s not how one can describe the author of The Metamorphosis. At least, that’s not how Kafka would describe himself. “I never wish to be easily defined. I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person.” This … Continue reading Was Max Brod a bad friend?

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Portuguese literature: #1 The Lusiads by Camoes

The Lusiads by Luís Vaz de Camões is one of the most important and most representative literary works ever written in Portuguese.  If English is the language of Shakespeare, French the language of Molière and Italian the language of Dante, Portuguese is the language of Camões. More than thousand verses compose what literary critics call “the Portuguese Iliad”. What makes this epic poem so special?  … Continue reading Portuguese literature: #1 The Lusiads by Camoes

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