This bilingual edition of Guillaume Apollinaire's selected poems is the first of its kind by a French poet. To date, the following separate books of Apollinaire have been published in Russian: Guillaume Apollinaire . Poetry. Translated by M. P. Kudinova . Article and Notes H. and . Balashova . M. 1967 (Literature Monuments); Guillaume Apollinaire . Selected Lyrics . Introductory article, drafting C. and . The Great . Comments by Y. A. Ginsburg . Translation by M. N. Waxmacher . M. , 1985; Guillaume Apollinaire . Early Poems . Bestiary, or Orpheus Cortege . Drafting, Foreword and Comments M. Clear. SPb. , 1994; Guillaume Apollinaire . Aesthetic Surgery . Lyrics. Prose. Theatre . Drafting, Foreword and Comments M. Clear. SPb. , 1999; Guillaume Apollinaire . Lyrics. A Letter to My Loved One[edit] Compilation and notes B. Balashova and T. Balashova . M. , 1999; Guillaume Apollinaire . Alcohol . Composition, preface, comments M. D. Clear. SPb. , 1999. A number of translations included in this edition are published for the first time. When preparing comments, French publications were taken into account: Apollonaire. uvres poétiques . Texte établi et annoté par Marcel Adéma et Michel Décaudin . Paris, 1956. Bibliothque de la Pléiade (link to this edition - abbreviated I-a);Apollinaire. uvres en prose compltes . Textes établis, présentés et annotés par Pierre Caizergues et Michel Décaudin . T. IIII. Paris, 19771993 . Bibliothque de la Pléiade (IIII);Michel Décaudin commente "Alcools" de Guillaume Apollinaire . Paris, 1993 (A);Guillaume Apollinaire. L'Enchanteur pourrissant . dition établie, présentée et annotée par Jean Burgos . Paris, 1972 (B). It is known that Apollinaire abandoned the punctuation marks in 1913. in preparation for the publication of the book "Alcohols" . In posthumous collections, when reprinting early journal publications, punctuation is retained; we also leave signs where they are stored in the original.