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Alcools (English: Alcohols) is a collection of poems by the French author Guillaume Apollinaire. His first major collection, it was published in 1913.

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Author
Guillaume Apollinaire
First published
1920
Editions
53
Subjects
Classic Literature, Collections, English poetry, Fiction, French poetry, Poetry, Translations from French, Translations into English

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
literary work
Country
France
Genre
poetry
Country of origin
France
Image
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form of creative work
poetry collection
publication date
1913-00-00
copyright status
public domain
illustrator
Louis Marcoussis
Commons category
Alcools by Guillaume Apollinaire
title
Le pont Mirabeau
language of work or name
French
inception
1913-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Preparation and publication
  • Themes and style
  • Controversy
  • Reception
  • The poems of the collection, in alphabetic order
  • Posterity
  • References
  • External links

Alcools (English: Alcohols) is a collection of poems by the French author Guillaume Apollinaire. His first major collection, it was published in 1913.

The first poem in the collection, Zone (an epic poem of Paris), has been called "the great poem of early Modernism" by the scholar Martin Sorrell.

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