Guilliame Apollinaire (in Pere Lachaise Cemetery) - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

Guilliame Apollinaire (1880-1918) and his wife Jacqueline Apollinaire (1891-1957) are buried here. See the virtual tour of Pere Lachaise cemetery.

Description: Guillaume Apollinaire was born Wilhelm Albert Vladimir Apollinaris Kostrowitzky to a Polish mother in Italy. Throughout his life, he created a romantic identity for himself. He purposefully kept his lineage a secret, but his father was suspected to be an Italian guard or an aristocrat. Among the foremost poets of the early 20th century, he is credited with coining the word surrealism. His play Les Mamelles de Tirésias (1917) is said to be one of the earliest surrealist plays. Apollinaire was wounded in World War I and died at 38 of the Spanish flu during a pandemic. Date of birth: 08/26/1880 Date of death: 11/09/1918 Area of notoriety: Literature Marker Type: Statue Setting: Outdoor Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link] Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed

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