Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki

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A French poet and writer who influenced early surrealism

proper noun

: Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki

The avant-garde poetry of Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki paved the way for surrealism.

Examples

Many consider Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki a major influence on early twentieth-century French literature.
Scholars often reference Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki when discussing the origins of modernist art movements.
What a genius Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki was!
I love Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki!
Many consider Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki a major influence on early twentieth-century French literature.
Scholars often reference Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki when discussing the origins of modernist art movements.
The avant-garde poetry of Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki paved the way for surrealism.

Synonyms

Guillaume Apollinaire

vsWilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki

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A French poet from the early 1900s who helped start surrealism

is the same person but given in a fuller, more formal personal name form

Surface Forms

Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki main

Morphology

Wilhelm + Apollinaris + de + Kostrowitzki

This item is a full proper name (a referential label for an individual) rather than a compositional phrase; knowing the component strings (including the small French preposition 'de') does not allow a B1 learner to infer that it refers to a French poet or his biographical details. Personal names are essentially arbitrary across languages, so the overall meaning cannot be derived from the constituents.

Etymology

Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki is the birth name of the poet better known in France as Guillaume Apollinaire. Imagine a young man with a long Eastern European name arriving in Paris and choosing a shorter French name to fit in. His new name went with his bold, modern poems, so the full original name points to the same 'poet' who was an 'early influence on surrealism'.