ALBERT-BIROT, Pierre

An inventive writer, frequently acknowledging Guillaume Apolunaire (though the latter was four years younger), Albert-Birot produced texts that were experimental in all sorts of ways. He edited the magazine SIC (1916–19), its title an acronym for Sons Idées Couleurs (Sounds Ideas Colors). In its pages appeared figures associated with Italian Futurism, Surrealism, and Dada, along with chapters of his novel Grabinoulor (1919). Barbara Wright, who specializes in translating avant-garde...