Guillaume Apollinaire
Awards & Honours
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Awards Won
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Honours
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Rankings
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Covers
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Records
Apollinaire's greatest achievement lies in his transformative influence on poetry and art. He coined three terms that define modern art movements, and his Alcools and Calligrammes broke new ground in form and subject. His critical writings helped establish Cubism as a major movement, and his play anticipated Surrealism. His legacy is honored through the Pléiade edition, a Paris street, and a statue by Picasso.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Mort pour la France
Posthumous designation for his service in World War I.
Croix de Guerre
Awarded for bravery under fire during the war.
Bibliothèque de la Pléiade
His works were included in this prestigious collection, marking his canonical status.
Rue Guillaume Apollinaire
A street in the 6th arrondissement named in his honor.
Statue by Picasso
A monument sculpted by Pablo Picasso erected near Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Rankings & Lists
Most Important French Poets of the 20th Century
Magazine Covers
The Paris Review
2016-02-19
Le Pont Mirabeau
London Review of Books
2018-05-24
Dancing and Flirting: Apollinaire
Hyperallergic
2016-07-13
Apollinaire, the Immigrant Poet Who Shaped the Parisian Avant-Garde
MoMA Inside/Out
2014-02-27
Apollinaire's Visual Poetry
The Public Domain Review
2015-10-27
Apollinaire's Calligrammes
Records & Feats
Coined the terms Cubism, Orphism, and Surrealism
Apollinaire is the only person credited with naming three major art movements.
Pioneer of visual poetry (calligrams)
His Calligrammes (1918) created poems in shapes, a radical innovation still influential.
First major poet to abandon punctuation entirely
Alcools (1913) was published without any punctuation, a revolutionary choice.