Comte de Lautreamont Quotes


Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.


Citations

Lautréamont, Comte de. Maldoror and Poems. Translated by Paul Knight, Penguin Books, 1978, p. 273.

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Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de Lautreamont
  • Born: April 4, 1846
  • Died: November 24, 1870
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Poet

Comte de Lautréamont (French: [lotʁeamɔ̃]) was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, a French poet born in Uruguay. His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern arts and literature, particularly on the Surrealists and the Situationists. Ducasse died at the age of 24.