Sarane Alexandrian

Sarane Alexandrian (15 June 1927 – 11 September 2009) was a French philosopher, essayist, and art critic. He served as the last secretary of surrealist André Breton. Alexandrian was an advocate of the philosophy Nietzsche advanced in The Gay Science (Die fröhliche Wissenschaft). He headed the journal Supérieur Inconnu (a title provided by Breton), which exalts four values shared by the surrealists and Alexandrian: dreams, love, knowledge, and revolution. Catherine Millet is one notable contributor to the magazine.

Alexandrian was a friend of Victor Brauner, and remains an admirer of Charles Fourier, and an ardent defender of Mata Hari.

Alexandrian has more than 40 books to his credit. His best known works are:

• André Breton par lui-même, 1971 (André Breton in His Own Words);
• Hans Bellmer, 1971;
• Les Libérateurs de l'amour, 1977 (The Liberators of Love);
• Surrealist Art, 1985 (Thames & Hudson World of Art);
• Max Ernst, 1986;
• and Histoire de la littérature érotique, 1989 (The History of Erotic Literature).

Further reading

• Gallimard (1974). Dans le Surréalisme et le rêve, p. 246-9. Paris. The author first discusses the dream of Breton and then proposes an analysis.

Texts and Prefaces

Préfaces in Musculatures of Nathalie Gassel

External links

• Obituary in The Independent by Marcus Williamson
• Obituary in Le Monde by Claire Paulhan
• rêve 1
• brauner

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Name	Alexandrian, Sarane
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Date of birth	15 June 1927
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Date of death	11 September 2009
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