Why is Jacques Prévert considered by the general public as the most important author of the twentieth century? Because Prévert's words are simple. No matter how serious the subject, it always ends with a twist that opens up to humor, derision, lucidity, hope. Aristocrat of the street, without demagogy, without complacency, Prévert writes language as it is spoken. His aphorisms, his lines have entered everyday speech and each of us possesses in the depths of ourselves a song that looks like him signed Jacques Prévert.