Paroles

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Paroles
First edition cover
AuthorJacques Prévert
Cover artistBrassaï
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
GenrePoetry
PublisherLe Calligraphe
Publication date
1945
841.914
Followed byHistoires 

Paroles ([pa.ʁɔl]; "Words") is a collection of poems by Jacques Prévert,[1] first published in 1946.[2]

Lawrence Ferlinghetti's translation of 44 poems from this collection was published by Penguin in the 1960s, under the title Selections from Paroles.

It was ranked 16th in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alistair Rolls; John West-Sooby; Jean Fornasiero, eds. (2014). If I Say If. University of Adelaide Press. p. 56. ISBN 9781922064622.
  2. ^ Publisher's page on the history of the book.