Tag: despot
André Breton, the enlightened despot of surrealism: his mysteries, his secrets, his torments
This was in L’Express on August 9, 1962. André Breton, aged 66, is interviewed by Madeleine Chapsal. He returns to a little-known episode in his life, when, at the beginning…
Catherine II, an enlightened tsarina but above all a despot
In Odessa, its silhouette continues to overlook the superb Ukrainian waterfront. But, after five months of war, the statue of Catherine II no longer projects the same serenity, surrounded by…