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Jacques PrEvert[zhAk prAver´] Pronunciation Key, 1900–1977, French poet. One of the most popular of 20th-century French writers, PrEvert produced poetry ranging from the humorous to the satiric to the melancholy. Many of his poems and songs were sung in nightclubs before being collected and published. His volumes of poetry include Paroles (1946), Spectacle (1951), and, in English translation, Selections from Paroles (1958) and To Paint the Portrait of a Bird (tr. by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1970). PrEvert wrote many important screenplays, including those for Marcel CarnE's Le Jour se lEve (1939) and Les Enfants du paradis (1945).
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