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B LAISE CENDRARS , seudónimo de Frédéric Sauser Halle ( La Chaux - de - Fonds, Suiza, 1887 - Paris 1961) escribió numerosas novelas , muchas de ellas de carácter autobiográfico, de aventuras y de temas exóticos. Trabajó también en el campo cinematográfico y como ensayista, pero sus obras más reconocidas son como poeta. Típico hijo de su tiempo, Cendrars persiguió el ideal de la literatura capaz de romper con los vínculos de la tradición. Su estilo - orientado a la expresión de lo irracional, de la inquietud interior, de la amargura de la vida, rico en imágenes insólitas y evocaciones incisivas - ejerció una notable influencia en Apollinaire y los surrealistas, mientras que su vitalismo nómada, su constante exploración del mundo, fascinaron a escritores como V. Larbaud y P. Morand.<< Uno de los motivos de la gran fascinación que ejerce sobre mí es la semejanza entre sus viajes y aventuras, y los que asocio en la memoria con Simbad el Marino, o Aladino. Las asombrosas experien

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"Here the lore of African stories and storytellers that inspired Cendrars is conveyed by strong use of pure color, by eerie wisps of superimposed images, and by strong silhouettes, all in handsome double-page spreads that are remarkable in their composition".--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books. Caldecott Medal; ALA Notable Children's Book.

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Blaise Cendrars, one of twentieth-century France's most gifted men of letters, came to Hollywood in 1936 for the newspaper "Paris-Soir". Already a well-known poet, Cendrars was a celebrity journalist whose perceptive dispatches from the American dream factory captivated millions. These articles were later published as "Hollywood: Mecca of the Movies", which has since appeared in many languages. Remarkably, this is its first translation into English. Hollywood in 1936 was crowded with stars, moguls, directors, scouts, and script girls. Though no stranger to filmmaking (he had worked with director Abel Gance), Cendrars was spurned by the industry greats with whom he sought to hobnob. His response was to invent a wildly funny Hollywood of his own, embellishing his adventures and mixing them with black humor, star anecdotes, and wry social commentary. Part diary, part tall tale, this book records Cendrars' experiences on Hollywood's streets and at its studios and hottest clubs. His impressions of the town's drifters, star-crazed sailors, and undiscovered talent are recounted in a personal, conversational style that anticipates the 'new journalism' of writers such as Tom Wolfe. Perfectly complemented by his friend Jean Guerin's witty drawings, and following the tradition of European travel writing, Cendrars' 'little book about Hollywood' offers an astute, entertaining look at 1930s America as reflected in its unique movie mecca.

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Blaise Cendrars was a pioneer of modernist literature. The full range of his poetry--from classical rhymed alexandrines to "cubist" modernism, and from feverish, even visionary, depression to airy good humor--offers a challenge no translator has accepted until now. Here, for the first time in English translation, is the complete poetry of a legendary twentieth-century French writer. Cendrars, born Frederick Louis Sauser in 1887, invented his life as well as his art. His adventures took him to Russia during the revolution of 1905 (where he traveled on the Trans-Siberian Railway), to New York in 1911, to the trenches of World War I (where he lost his right arm), to Brazil in the 1920s, to Hollywood in the 1930s, and back and forth across Europe. With Guillaume Apollinaire and Max Jacob he was a pioneer of modernist literature, working alongside artist friends such as Chagall, Delaunay, Modigliani, and Leger, composers Eric Satie and Darius Milhaud, and filmmaker Abel Gance. The range of Cendrars's poetry--from classical rhymed alexandrines to "cubist" modernism, and from feverish, even visionary, depression to airy good humor--offers a challenge no translator has accepted until now.

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