Capitale de la douleur

Capitale de la douleur is a book of poems by French surrealist poet Paul Éluard. The collection was first published in 1926.

Table of contents

Répétitions
Mourir de ne pas mourir
Les petits justes
Nouveaux poèmes.

Publication

Paris, Nouvelle revue française

Influence

In 1965, Jean-Luc Godard adapted several of the concepts in Éluard's poetry in his film Alphaville and quoted from it throughout. The main character can also be seen to be reading the book.