Étienne Léro

Étienne Léro (1910–1939) was a French poet from region of Martinique, "the first person of African descent to publicly identify himself as a surrealist".[1] In 1932 he helped found a literary journal Légitime Défense with Jules Monnerot and René Méril.[2] Other people involved in Légitime Défense include Pierre Yoyotte, Simone Yoyotte, Thelus Léro, Maurice Sabas-Quitman, Michel Pilotin and Auguste Thesse.[3]

Badly wounded early in World War II, Léro died in a French military hospital.[1]

References

1. Franklin Rosemont; Robin D.G. Kelley (2009). Black, Brown, & Beige: Surrealist Writings from Africa and the Diaspora. University of Texas Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-292-71997-2.
2. Jack, Belinda (1996). Francophone Literatures: An Introductory Survey. OUP Oxford. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-19-158413-8.
3. Lewis, Shireen K. (January 2006). Race, Culture, and Identity: Francophone West African and Caribbean literature and theory from négritude to créolité. Lanham. ISBN 0739114727. OCLC 65660903.