— What, you claim that Tristan Tzara was the most important French-language poet of the 20th century! But you're putting your finger in your eye, my poor friend. Look, Gallimard was careful not to publish him (except for one piece, La Fuite, but that was at the Liberation, and to look good at the time...)
— Oh really! but tell me, since when has it been decided that Gallimard governs literature in France? Reverdy doesn't appear in their catalog, nor Benjamin Péret, nor Crevel, nor Jouve. All worthless?
— No, I didn't say that, but what do you want, outside Gallimard, no salvation.
— Well, I claim there's only one way to settle this, and that's to read him, outside of any polemic. Quietly, with a clear head, on your tablet. Here is the complete collection of his poems. The rest is still available at Flammarion, in paperback or in the Complete Works series (6 volumes).(*)

(*) excerpt from an authentic conversation.

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