Then in 1928, she met the Brussels surrealists (she would later portray then in rough outline as hooligans in her novel Boulevard Jacqmain [1953]; reprinted in 1996 by the Éditions Devillez). She wrote her first poem, Métallique in 1925.
In 1928, she encountered a group of avant-garde artists in Brussels, whom she would later portray as rough-around-the-edges characters in her novel Boulevard Jacqmain [1953]; reprinted in 1996 by the Éditions Devillez). She penned her inaugural poem, Métallique in 1925.