His father (who pretended to just be his godfather) gave him his own first name and the surname of “Aragon” after where he had been stationed as an ambassador in Spain. So the story was given out that Louis had been adopted by Claire Toucas-Massilon (his grandmother) with his actual mother acting as the elder of his two sisters. Andrieux had no intention of acknowledging his illegitimate son while Marguérite’s family had no wish for the scandal that would descend on her if the truth was known. The uncertainty comes from the irregular circumstances of his birth his mother (Marguérite Toucas-Masillon) was a teenager while his father (Louis Andrieux) was a married career politician in his late fifties. Louis Aragon was probably born on the 3rd of October 1897, probably in Paris. Louis aged 8 years old along with Marguérite, the mother he thought was his sister. But then again, few people had quite the impact on a country’s literary trajectory as he did, either. When Louis Aragon died, the New York Times obituary ended with the line: “Even those who disagreed with his politics admired his talents as a poet and as a novelist.” Separating an artist from their beliefs is difficult at best and woefully misguided at worst, especially when somebody has so thoroughly embraced and publicised their beliefs the way Louis did.
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