 Apollinaire's gift to Picasso of the original 1907 manuscript was one of the artist's most prized possessions.The book was made into a movie in 1987.Shortly after his death, Mercure de France published "Calligrammes", a collection of his concrete poetry (poetry in which typography and layout adds to the overall effect), and more orthodox, though still modernist poems informed by Apollinaire's experiences in the First World War and in which he often used the technique of automatic writing.