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Which French writer, known for 'Les Chants de Maldoror', was a major influence on the Surrealists despite dying unknown at age 24?
Answer: Comte de Lautreamont (Isidore Ducasse) — Lautreamont's hallucinatory prose-poem 'Les Chants de Maldoror' (1869) was rediscovered by the Surrealists, who adopted his phrase 'as beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table' as an artistic manifesto.
- A Comte de Lautreamont (Isidore Ducasse) ✓
- B Arthur Rimbaud
- C Alfred Jarry
- D Rene Daumal
Lautreamont's hallucinatory prose-poem 'Les Chants de Maldoror' (1869) was rediscovered by the Surrealists, who adopted his phrase 'as beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table' as an artistic manifesto.