Updated Feb 20, 2026
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(Monday)
Died
Nationality
Languages
French, German
Spouses
Suzanne Pillard (1918-1922), Marie-Louise Soupault (1923-1936), Ré Soupault (1937-1990)
Parents
Maurice Soupault
Zodiac Sign
♌ Leo
Chinese Zodiac
鸡 Rooster
Name Origin
English < Old High German < Proto-Germanic (*ernustuz)
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Philippe Soupault: French writer (1897–1990).
Born in Chaville (died at age 92).
4 awards including Grand Prix de Poésie.
AWARDS (4)
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Grand Prix de Poésie
WON
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Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL
WON
B
Grand prix national des Lettres
WON
B
Saint-Simon Award
WON
Biography
Philippe Soupault was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist. He was active in Dadaism and later was instrumental in founding the Surrealist movement with André Breton. Soupault initiated the periodical Littérature together with writers Breton and Louis Aragon in Paris in 1919, which, for many, marks the beginnings of Surrealism. The first book of automatic writing, Les Champs magnétiques (1920), was co-authored by Soupault and Breton.
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Philippe Soupault was born in Chaville.
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