René Daumal

1908–1944 (age 36)

Biography

René Daumal, born in 1908, was a writer whose poetic and philosophical explorations gave voice to the surreal and the spiritual currents of his generation.

He died in 1944 and is commemorated at the Cimetière de Pantin, where readers still discover the depth of his imagination and the questioning that marked his brief but luminous career.

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