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Alfred Jarry (French: [al.fʁɛd ʒa.ʁi]; 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907) was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), often cited as a forerunner of the Dada, Surrealist, and Futurist movements of the 1920s and 1930s and later the Theatre of the absurd In the 1950s and 1960s He also coined the term and ...
Alfred Jarry was a French writer mainly known as the creator of the grotesque and wild satirical farce Ubu roi (1896; “King Ubu”), which was a forerunner of the Theatre of the Absurd. A brilliant youth who had come to Paris at 18 to live on a small family inheritance, Jarry frequented the literary
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May 29, 2018 · JARRY, ALFRED (1873–1907), French playwright, journalist, and poet. Alfred Jarry was born on 8 September 1873 in Laval and died on 1 November 1907 in Paris. His childhood was spent in the countryside with his mother and his sister, Charlotte; his father, a tradesman, was an absent figure. Jarry was a highly able pupil who wrote poems and ...
Alfred Jarry (September 8, 1873 – November 1, 1907) was a French dramatist, novelist, and humorist . Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theater of the 1920s and 1930s, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles. He wrote plays, novels, poetry, essays, and speculative journalism.
Alfred Jarry was a French playwright, poet, and anarchist, known for his influential absurdist theater and his invention of the character Ubu. MoMA presents his program for King Ubu (Ubu roi) from The Beraldi Album of Theatre Programs, 1896.
An exhibition celebrating the gift of the Pataphysics Collection, exploring the subversive works and personality of the French writer and avant-garde pioneer. Learn about his play Ubu roi, his influence on Dada and Surrealism, and his innovations in typography and illustration.
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Ubu roi, play by Alfred Jarry, published and produced in 1896. The play was translated into English and published under a variety of titles. This grotesque farce about the monstrous Ubu, originally written as a parody of one of Jarry’s teachers, swiftly turned into a satire of the French middle class. The title character, Père Ubu, is a ...
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