Tristan Tzara

Tristan Tzara (April 16, 1896 – December 25, 1963) is the pseudonym of Sami Rosenstock, born in Moine?ti, Bac?u, Romania, a poet and essayist who lived for the majority of his life in France, he is known mainly as a founder of Dada, a nihilistic revolutionary movement in the arts.

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April 16 - 1896 - December 25 - 1963 - Moine?ti - Bac?u - Romania - Poet - Essayist - France - Dada - Nihilistic - Revolution - Arts

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The Dada movement originated in Zürich during World War I; Tzara wrote the first Dada texts, The First Heavenly Adventure of Mr. Antipyrine (La Première Aventure céleste de Monsieur Antipyrine) (1916), Twenty-Five Poems (Vingt-cinq poèmes) (1918) http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/Vingt_Cinq/index.htm, and the movement's manifestos, Seven Dada Manifestos (Sept manifestes Dada) (1924).

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Zürich - World War I - The First Heavenly Adventure of Mr. Antipyrine (La Première Aventure céleste de Monsieur Antipyrine) - 1916 - Twenty-Five Poems (Vingt-cinq poèmes) - 1918 - Manifestos - Seven Dada Manifestos (Sept manifestes Dada) - 1924

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In Paris he engaged in tumultuous activities with André Breton, Philippe Soupault, and Louis Aragon to shock the public and to disintegrate the structures of language.

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Paris - André Breton - Philippe Soupault - Louis Aragon

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In late 1929, weary of nihilism and destruction, he joined his friends in the more constructive activities of Surrealism. He devoted much of his time to the reconciliation of Surrealism and Marxism and joined the French Resistance movement during World War II and the Communist Party in 1947, when he became a French citizen. He left the Party in 1956, in protest against the Soviet quelling of the revolt in Hungary.

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1929 - Nihilism - Surrealism - Marxism - French Resistance - World War II - Communist Party - 1947 - 1956 - Soviet - Hungary

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His political commitments brought him closer to his fellow human beings, and he gradually matured into a lyrical poet. His poems revealed the anguish of his soul, caught between revolt and wonderment at the daily tragedy of the human condition. His mature works started with The Approximate Man (L'Homme approximatif) (1931), and continued with Speaking Alone (Parler seul) (1950), and The Inner Face (La Face intérieure) (1953). In these, the anarchically scrambled words of Dada were replaced with a difficult but humanized language.

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Human condition - The Approximate Man (L'Homme approximatif) - 1931 - Speaking Alone (Parler seul) - 1950 - The Inner Face (La Face intérieure) - 1953

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He died in Paris and was interred there in the Cimetière du Montparnasse.

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