Paul Éluard
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French poet
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Paul Éluard , born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel , was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal grandmother. He adhered to Dadaism and became one of the pillars of Surrealism by opening the way to artistic action politically committed to the Communist Party.
