Guillaume
Apollinaire |
ÉVENTAIL DES SAVEURS |
Original calligram, circa 1918
Ink and pencil on paper, 9 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches
Private collection, New York |
Translated from the French by Ron Padgett |
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GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE’s (1880-1918) “Fan of Flavors” appeared
in his
Calligrammes (1918), months before his death from influenza. For information
about this poem, see Anne Hyde Greet’s commentary in her translation
of Calligrammes (University of California Press).
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