Paroles

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Paroles

First edition cover
Author	Jacques Prévert
Cover artist	Brassaï
Language	French
Genre	Poetry
Publisher	Le Calligraphe
Publication date	1945
Publication place	France
Dewey Decimal	841.914
Followed by	Histoires

Paroles ([pa.ʁɔl]; "Words") is a collection of poems by Jacques Prévert,^[1] first published in 1946.^[2][3][4]

Lawrence Ferlinghetti's translation of 44 poems from this collection was published by Penguin Books in the 1960s, under the title Selections from Paroles.^[5] A sound recording of his reading the poems was made in the 1950s.^[6] It was ranked 16th in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century.