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The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
Comte de Lautréamont
Born: April 4, 1846
Died: November 24, 1870 (aged 24)
Bio: Comte de Lautréamont was the pseudonym of Isidore-Lucien Ducasse, a French poet born in Uruguay. His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern literature, particularly on the Surrealists and the Situationists.
Known for:
- Les Chants de Maldoror
- Maldoror and Poems
- Poésies and complete miscellanea
- Oeuvres complètes