Étienne Léro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Étienne Léro

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1910

Place of Birth: Le Lamentin, Martinique, France

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1939

Profession: writer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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".
In 1932 he helped found a literary journal Légitime Défense with Jules Monnerot and René Méril.
Other people involved in Légitime Défense include Pierre Yoyotte, Simone (alternatively spelled as Symone) Yoyotte Monnerot, Thelus Léro, Maurice Sabas-Quitman, Michel Pilotin and Auguste Thesse.
Badly wounded early in World War II, Léro died in a French military hospital.