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- André Breton was a French poet, essayist, critic, and editor, chief promoter and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement.
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“Nadja” “The Magnetic Fields” (Show more) Movement / Style: Dada. Surrealism. automatism. André Breton (born February 18, 1896, Tinchebray, France—died September 28, 1966, Paris) was a French poet, essayist, critic, and editor, chief promoter and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement.
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André Robert Breton (French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁɔbɛʁ bʁətɔ̃]; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".
French Theoretician and Writer. Born: February 19, 1896 - Normandy, France. Died: September 28, 1966 - Paris, France. Movements and Styles: Dada. , Surrealism. , Assemblage. André Breton. "When will the arbitrary be granted the place it deserves in the formation of works and ideas?" 1 of 8. Summary of André Breton.
- French
- February 19, 1896
- Normandy, France
- September 28, 1966
André Breton (in French pronounced [ɑ̃dʀe bʀəˈtɔ̃]) (February 19, 1896 – September 28, 1966) was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist, and is best known as the main founder of surrealism, a cultural movement that began in the mid-1920s centered in Paris .
André Robert Breton ( French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁɔbɛʁ bʁətɔ̃]; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto ( Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".
Sep 28, 2011 · André Robert Breton (French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁɔbɛʁ bʁətɔ̃]; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".
He was a lifelong political activist, sympathetic to anarchism and to Communism: after being expelled from the French Communist Party in 1933, he continued to support socialist and anti-colonial causes until his death in 1966.
