The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales

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Apollinaire, Guillaume

Apollinaire, Guillaume (pseudonym of Wilhelm‐Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky, 1880–1918),
French poet and critic. Although he was a central figure in the Parisian avant garde prior to World War I, the fairy tradition influenced his early literary experiments. A precursor to the surrealists, he coined the motto, ‘J'émerveille’ (‘I marvel’), and treated marvellous themes like ‘Lorelei’ (in Alcools, 1913) and ‘The Wandering Jew’ (‘Le Passant de Prague’ in L'Hérésiarque et cie, 1910) in poetry and prose. Fascinated by the Arthurian cycle, Apollinaire based L'Enchanteur pourrissant (The Rotting Sorcerer, 1909), and ‘Merlin et la vieille femme’ (‘Merlin and the Old Lady’ in Alcools, 1913) on the figure of Merlin. The last work he ever wrote was a unique fairy tale entitled ‘La Suite de Cendrillon, ou le rat et les six lézards’ (‘Cinderella Continued, or The Rat...

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