I observe the 24th day of November as a personal day of remembrance in honor of Isidore Lucien Ducasse. He was a great poet of the 1800’s, considered by the artist/poet, Andre Breton to be the true father of Surrealism.
On this day, in the year 1870, Isidore died at the age of 24, under the usual Mysterious Circumstances, almost a necessary element of any true poet’s legend.
Do yourself a favor and go quietly insane after reading 3 sentences from any chapter of Ducasse’s masterpiece, “Les Chants de Maldoror” (“The Songs of Maldoror”). It’s one of the few books I offer directly through my site, so you can click on the previous link, or scroll down the right-side of this page, and click to get your own copy. I’ve had mine for many years.
Maldoror was written under Ducasse’s nomme de guerre, “Le Comte de Lautreamont”.
Read more about my friend Isidore by visiting the following links. Unjoy.
Isidore Lucien Ducasse (Le Comte de Lautreamont) Links:
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