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.
Benjamin Péret: From the Hidden Storehouse
Translation of "Spilled Blood" and bibliographic data on the translation into English by Keith Hollaman of a selection of poems by French surrealist Benjamin Péret.
Chimeras, by Gerard de Nerval
English translations of Nerval's most famous collection, with notes, by Daniel Mark Epstein. From the New Criterion Online, November 2000.
ClassicNotes: Song of Roland
Summary and analysis. Includes a biography, message board, and background information.
Eustache d'Amiens
The Butcher of Abbeville, 13th century fabliau in English translation.
Francophone African Poets in English translation
Francophone African poetry (that is, poetry written by Africans in the French language) - a rich and varied literary expression.
French Surrealist Poetry in English Translation by
French surrealist poetry by Arp, Breton, Dalí, Péret, Picasso, Ribemont-Dessaignes and Unik in English translation by David Gascoyne.
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
Dada manifesto in English translation (1920).
Gerard de Nerval
Translations by various translators of four of Nerval's poems.
Guérin
Bérenger of the Long Arse, 13th cent. fabliau in modern English translation.
Life & Works of O. V. de L. Milosz
Bilingual (French/English) site dedicated to the strange and mystical French poet, Oscar V. de Lubicz-Milosz.
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.
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859)
Poem "Les séparés" in English translation by Louis Simpson.
Marie de France
The Lais (12th century), in a verse translation by Judith P. Shoaf.
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 and Translation : The Uncreated
A game about language paradoxes, the poetry of Rebecca Behar in five languages, and the manifesto of intermittent poetry.
Poetry Magazine
Contemporary French Poetry in Translation: A Special Double Issue. Table of contents and links to translations available online.
Poetry of Albert Giraud
Presents the complete texts of Pierrot Lunaire and Dernieres Fetes, with English translations.
Poetry Poèmes, by Jean-Philippe Guéant
Poems in French and English, German, Japanese.
The Priest and the Lady
Anonymous French fabliau (13th century).
The Song of Roland
Modern English translation of La Chanson de Roland (11th century).
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.
Tristan Tzara
Proclamation without Pretension.