Poète assassiné

About “Poète assassiné”

The novella recounts the life and death of Croniamantal, whose birth is marked by the Eiffel Tower's "beautiful erection," and who rises through the Parisian literary world to proclaim himself "the greatest of living poets." He is subsequently torn to pieces by a mob, in a narrative that serves as a mythologized account of the author's own life and the cultural milieu of prewar Paris.