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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.
Summary of Tristan Tzara. Tzara is considered the founder of Dada, a nihilistic, anti-art movement formed in Zurich during World War I. Although also producing artwork, his primary contribution was publishing manifestos outlining the goals of Dada and circulating them to as wide an audience as he could solicit and arranging vulgar and shocking ...
Tristan Tzara (born 1896, Moineşti, Rom.—died December 1963, Paris) was a Romanian-born French poet and essayist known mainly as the founder of Dada, a nihilistic revolutionary movement in the arts, the purpose of which was the demolition of all the values of modern civilization.
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.
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.
Tristan Tzara. (1896—1963) Romanian-born French poet. Quick Reference. (1896–1963). Romanian poet, avant-garde theorist, and founding father of Dada. A member of the Cabaret Voltaire group in Zürich, from which Dada erupted in 1916, Tzara achieved prominence as a ... From: Tzara, Tristan in The Oxford Companion to Western Art »
Tristan Tzara was a highly significant, and at times unrecognized, figure in twentieth-century culture. As a creator, chronicler, and critic, he wrote prolifically all his life.
Tristan Tzara was a Romanian and French 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.
