Max Ernst (1891–1976) was an active participant in both Dada and Surrealism and was a visual artist who worked in collage, paintings, and sculpture. He was also one of the early creators of wordless novels, such as his Une semaine de bonté (A Week of Kindness), a collaged dark piece that follows a bird-man in a dark and surreal world. It wasn’t hard to discover he was politically radical (as most dadaists and surrealists were), but it was from Conversing with Cage, a collection of interviews with anarchist composer John Cage edited by Richard Kostelanetz that I discovered Ernst as an anarchist. In one interview, Cage is talking about his own anarchist influences and mentions, “I said something about anarchy to the widow of Max Ernst and she said that Max was an anarchist.”

Wikipedia:

Max Ernst

Wordless novel available from Amazon.com:

Une Semaine De Bonte ]]> http://www.anarchistfiction.net/max-ernst/feed/ 0 http://www.anarchistfiction.net/j-g-eccarius/ http://www.anarchistfiction.net/j-g-eccarius/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:38:00 +0000 Margaret http://www.anarchistfiction.net/?p=186 From Mythmakers and Lawbreakers:

J. G. Eccarius (1818–) is, according to his publishers, an anarchist vampire born in Germany and currently residing in Mexico and California who is a prolific writer of fiction. If his publishers, III Publishing, are to be believed, Eccarius was involved with both the First International and the IWW. His short stories have appeared in a number of magazines including Fifth Estate, and his novels include the curious The Last Days of Jesus Christ the Vampire.

Books available from III Publishing:

• The Last Days of Christ the Vampire
• We Should Have Killed the King
• Ressurrection 2027
• Down and Out in the Ivy League

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