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Tristan Tzara (French: [tʁistɑ̃ dzaʁa]; Romanian: [trisˈtan ˈt͡sara]; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; 28 April [O.S. 16 April] 1896 – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist.
Tristan Tzara was born in 1896, in Moineşti, Romania. He is best remembered as a cofounder and theoretician of Dadaism, an intellectual movement of the World War I era whose adherents espoused intentional irrationality and urged individuals to reject traditional artistic, historical, and religious…
Tristan Tzara. Moinesti, Romania, 1896–Paris, 1963. Tristan Tzara’s importance for the history of modern art is split equally between his creative output as a poet, playwright, and performer and his activities as a publisher, manifesto writer, and organizer.
Dec 6, 2023 · Tristan Tzara is the poet’s pseudonym, which he fully adopted in 1915 in Zurich (he was born Samuel Rosenstock). “Tristan” is a reference to Richard Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde, while “Tzara” is a variant of the Romanian word for “ (home) country.”
Nov 28, 2015 · It was Tzara who proclaimed that experimental art, Dada poetry and what was then called “art nègre” or “art primitif” were the vital ingredients in an explosive charge primed to blow away ...
Though Tzara is best known as the cofounder of the Dada movement and the author of its most energetic manifestos, he was a prolific poet, as well as an art and literary critic, and anti-fascist and human rights activist, until his death in 1963.
Tristan Tzara was a Romanian avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, composer and film director, he was known best for being one of the founders and central figures of the anti-establishment Dada movement.
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