Louis Parrot

Louis Parrot (28 August 1906 – 24 August 1948) was a French poet, novelist and journalist.

Louis Parrot was born in Tours and came from a family of laborers and artisans. He became an apprentice at 12 years old, first in a bank and then in a library, where he developed a love of books. He wrote his first poems in the early 1920s. The collection of poems « Misery Farm » in 1934 affirm his talent and his vocation as a poet. He went to do literary studies in Spain. He meet a lot of writers and poets including Paul Éluard in Madrid. During the civil war, he returned to France. He joined the staff of the newspaper Ce soir founded by Jean-Richard Bloch and Louis Aragon, and became chief editor in August 1944. During the World War II, he lived in Clermont-Ferrand and his house was a center of the Résistance for intellectuals. He died in Paris, aged 41.

As well as poetry, he wrote three novels, and several stories and essays of poetic inspiration.

Works

collection of poems

• Ode à Minerve meurtrière
• Tristesse des soirs paisibles
• Cornemuse de l'orage
• Misery farm
• Mystères douloureux
• Œil de fumée

novels

• Le Grenier à Sel
• Nous reviendrons
• La Flamme et la Cendre

stories and essays

• Panorama de la culture espagnole
• Le poète et son image
• Paul Éluard
• L'intelligence en guerre
• Où habite l'oubli
• Federico Garcia Lorca
• Ursule la laide
• Blaise Cendrars
• Paille noire des étables
• Mozart