Representative work by Tristan Tzara
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Tristan Tzara

1896–1963 · Romanian-French

Tristan Tzara was a founding force of Zurich Dada, using manifestos, performances, poetry and publishing to attack artistic convention and bourgeois logic. He later moved to Paris and remained an important literary figure.

Poetry; performance; publishing; collage

Major Works

  • 1918Dada Manifesto 1918
  • 1916–21Seven Dada Manifestos
  • 1918Twenty-Five Poems
  • 1921The Gas Heart
  • 1931Approximate Man
  • 1916Dada Performances at Cabaret Voltaire
  • 1910sBulletin Dada
  • 1918Dada 3
  • 1924Mouchoir de nuages
  • 1920Cut-Up Poetry Method

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