Les Lauriers sont coupés in the context of Édouard Dujardin

Édouard Dujardin (French pronunciation: [edwaʁ dyʒaʁdɛ̃]; 10 November 1861 – 31 October 1949) was a French writer, one of the early users of the stream of consciousness literary technique, exemplified by his 1888 novel Les Lauriers sont coupés.