Reviews for Apollinaire: Poet among the Painters

The average rating for Apollinaire: Poet among the Painters based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-10-30 00:00:00 Alonzo Arellano A handy basic biography, good for context and anecdotal stories (especially making connections between artists and writers in 1900-1914 Paris) but the research is a little lacking in concrete references and thus somewhat suspect. The narrative is broken up roughly chronologically, tracing Apollinaire's childhood, his move to Paris and interactions with Picasso/ Max Jacob, the Mona Lisa scandal of 1911, and his time as a soldier 1915-16.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-26 00:00:00 Donald Cassel Considering he was, arguably, one of the three most popular novelists of the mid-19th century, he is little regarded these days (unless a tv series appears). James Pope-Hennessy brings him to life and traces his career(s) from start to finish, the Post Office being the start and his novels the finish. Forty-eight pounds for his first book, a figure he was able to raise to �3,000 for Orley Farm much later, and in his writing career up to the time of publication of his autobiography he had earned over �68,000 from his books. The fact that he had kept figures shows how organised he was and it followed through into his writing habits, getting up early morning and setting himself a number of words to write before a particular time - and he did this wherever he was in the world. A fascinating biography of a man now much forgotten, a read of this book might bring him in some new followers.