Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Keywords
creative writing, modernity, avant-garde poetry
Abstract
Cendrars, Blaise, pseud. of Frédéric-Louis Sauser (1887-1961), Swiss poet and novelist, was born in La Chauxde-Fonds. The nomadic life imposed upon the Sauser family by the future writer's creative but impractical father permanently marked him. He continually yearned for space and travel; although he made Paris his headquarters and France his adopted country, he never stayed long in one place. A distaste for conformity, an insatiable curiosity, and a remarkable mobility of thought led Cendrars to diversify himself in a literary production overwhelming in its variety and abundance.
Recommended Citation
Schoeni, Ursula
(1982)
"Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961),"
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 18:
Iss.
2, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol18/iss2/8