Paroles

{{Short description|Poetry collection by Jacques Prévert}}

{{Expand French|Paroles (Prevert)|date=July 2017}}

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Paroles ({{IPA|fr|pa.ʁɔl|}}; "Words") is a collection of poems by Jacques Prévert,{{cite book|editor1=Alistair Rolls |editor2=John West-Sooby |editor3=Jean Fornasiero |title=If I Say If|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k0rfAwAAQBAJ&q=prevert+paroles&pg=PA56|year=2014|publisher=University of Adelaide Press|page=56|isbn=9781922064622 }} first published in 1946.[http://www.gallimard.fr/Footer/Ressources/Entretiens-et-documents/Histoire-d-un-livre-Paroles-de-Jacques-Prevert Publisher's page on the history of the book.]{{Citation | author1=Laster, Arnaud | title=Paroles (1946) : Prévert | publication-date=1974 | publisher=Hatier | isbn=978-2-218-04199-0}}{{Citation | author1=Laster, Arnaud | title=Paroles, Prévert : analyse critique | publication-date=1972 | publisher=Hatier | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/25614604 | access-date=25 October 2024}}

Lawrence Ferlinghetti's translation of 44 poems from this collection was published by Penguin Books in the 1960s, under the title Selections from Paroles.{{Citation | author1=Prévert, Jacques | author2=Ferlinghetti, Lawrence | title=Selections from 'Paroles' | publication-date=1965 | publisher=Penguin Books | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19229306 | access-date=25 October 2024}}

A sound recording of his reading the poems was made in the 1950s.{{Citation | author1=Prévert, Jacques | author2=Prevert, Jacques, 1900-1977. Paroles | title=Jacques Prevert dit Paroles | publication-date=1950 | publisher=Philips | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33801012 | access-date=25 October 2024}}

It was ranked 16th in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century.