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Klappentext Poetry. Surrealist Poetry. THE SANDS OF DREAM is the first English translation of Therese Renaud's earliest book! considered by some to be the first truly Surrealist collection published in Canada. In the mid-forties! Therese Renaud was part of a group of young painters! writers! and dancers in Montreal who were called les automatistes. Their 1948 manifesto! Refus global! is no doubt the most important avant-garde text of its kind published in Canada. In 1946! at nineteen years of age and before she left Montreal for Paris! she wrote a series of poems in the Surrealist tradition of automatic writing! of which a selection were published in a chapbook entitled "Les sables du reve!" illustrated with drawings in the automatist spirit by her friend! Jean-Paul Mousseau.
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Thérèse Renaud was a Canadian actress and writer associated with Les Automatistes. Born in Monreal, Renaud went to Paris in 1946 to study theatre. On her return to Montreal, she worked as a comedian and singer, appearing on radio and television. She returned to Paris in 1959 to work on her literary work. In 1946, she published
Les Sables du rêve, considered to be the first Automatist work. Renaud was a signatory to the
Refuse Global in 1948. Renaud died in Paris at the age of 78.
Ray Ellenwood is a well-known translator of such authors as Marie-Claire Blais, Jacques Ferron, Claude Gauvreau and Gilles Hnault. He lives in Toronto.
