{"product_id":"liberte-paul-eluard-affiche-poeme","title":"Liberté by Paul Éluard: Poem Print, \"I Write Your Name\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Et par le pouvoir d'un mot \/ Je recommence ma vie \/ Je suis né pour te connaître \/ Pour te nommer \/\/ Liberté.\" And by the power of a word I start my life again. The last stanza of Paul Éluard's poem, set like a page from a book.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat is Paul Éluard's poem Liberté about?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiberté is a litany of 21 quatrains. Twenty times the poet lists the places where he writes a name, \"on my school notebooks\", \"on the sand on the snow\", and each stanza closes on the same line: \"J'écris ton nom\", I write your name. The last stanza finally reveals the name: Liberty. That is the stanza this print reproduces, in the original French.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhen did Paul Éluard write Liberté?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1942, under the German occupation of France. The poem appeared in the clandestine collection \u003cem\u003ePoésie et vérité 1942\u003c\/em\u003e, published by the surrealist group La Main à plume. Reprinted in London by the review \u003cem\u003eLa France libre\u003c\/em\u003e, thousands of copies were dropped over France by Royal Air Force planes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho was the poem first written for?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eÉluard told the story himself: he meant to end on the name of the woman he loved, then realized the only word in his mind was \"Liberté\". A love poem became the poem of the French Resistance, and one of the most memorized texts in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow is this print designed?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike a page from a book: cream paper, a double rule, \"Édition Heure d'été\" at the top, the stanza in the center and its source at the bottom. The text is typeset as vector art, crisp at every size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhere should you hang it?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbove a desk, in an entryway, a library or a teenager's room. It is a gift for a French teacher, an Éluard reader, a new graduate, or anyone starting over: \"I start my life again\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12x16, 16x20 or 20x28 in (30x40, 40x50 or 50x70 cm), frame not included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThick matte eco-friendly paper, 170 gsm, FSC certified\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrint medium: art print on matte paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheme: poetry, Paul Éluard, French Resistance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted and shipped from a studio near you: most orders arrive in 5 business days.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhen to give this print\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"And by the power of a word I start my life again.\" This print is a gift for a fresh start\u0026nbsp;: a graduation, a first home, a move, a birth or a birthday. It is also an end-of-year gift for a French or history teacher, and a Christmas gift for an Éluard reader.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heure d'été","offers":[{"title":"30x40 cm \/ 12x16″","offer_id":59138463695231,"sku":"40f9f690-cf13-410b-a1ee-a8c2f63b331e","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x50 cm \/ 16x20″","offer_id":59138463727999,"sku":"62bb484f-4feb-4b5d-84aa-aa1f58e544b5","price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70 cm \/ 20x28″","offer_id":59138463760767,"sku":"e7f69f7b-1e11-48c0-b997-9bb07b1a4abb","price":70.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0905\/1815\/9743\/files\/liberte-paul-eluard-affiche-poeme_carre_interieur-elegant-1_cd7d0f78-c9cd-450c-9f0a-c2c708db1cd6.jpg?v=1794244531","url":"https:\/\/heuredetestudio.com\/en\/products\/liberte-paul-eluard-affiche-poeme","provider":"Heure d'été ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}