A Sampling of French Surrealist poetry
A sampling of French surrealist poetry by Desnos, Eluard, Reverdy and Soupault in English translation.
Albert Samain's Poetry in English Translation
A site for English translations of French (neo)symbolist poet Albert Samain (1858 - 1900).
Aloysius Bertrand: Fantasies
Selected prose poems by the first French prose poet in translation and with introductory notes by Michael Benedikt.
Arthur Graves Canfield: French Lyrics
Introduction to French lyric poetry. Includes English introduction, French texts, and biographical notes, but no translations. In many formats for computer and PDA. Text from Pr…
ClassicNotes: Song of Roland
Summary and analysis. Includes a biography, message board, and background information.
French Surrealist Poetry in English Translation by David Gascoyne
French surrealist poetry by Arp, Breton, DalÃ, Péret, Picasso, Ribemont-Dessaignes and Unik in English translation by David Gascoyne.
Louise Labé
Sonnets. In French, some of them also in English translation. Site also contains translations into Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish.
Madness: An Attempt to Simulate General Paralysis
English translation of text by André Breton and Paul Eluard.
O. V. de L. Milosz (1877-1939)
Short biography and small selection of poems in English translation.
Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925)
Short biography, "At the grave of Pierre Louÿs" by Valéry (1925) and small selection of poetry in English translation.
Poetry Magazine
Contemporary French Poetry in Translation: A Special Double Issue. Table of contents and links to translations available online.
Poetry Poèmes, by Jean-Philippe Guéant
Poems in French and English, German, Japanese.
The Song of Roland
The poem is the first of the great French heroic poems known as "chansons de geste."
Three Poems from Surrealist Love Poems
Poems by Jacques-Bernard Brunius, Paul Eluard and Joyce Mansour in English translation.