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[[Image:Hans_Arp_Hans_Richter_and_Tristan_Tzara_in_Zurich_1917.jpg|thumb|258px|[[Hans Arp]], [[Hans Richter]] and Tristan Tzara in Zurich, 1917.]]
 
[[Image:Hans_Arp_Hans_Richter_and_Tristan_Tzara_in_Zurich_1917.jpg|thumb|258px|[[Hans Arp]], [[Hans Richter]] and Tristan Tzara in Zurich, 1917.]]
'''Tristan Tzara''' (April 16 1896 – December 25, 1963) pseudonymous of Samuel Rosenstock, 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.  
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'''Tristan Tzara''' (April 16, 1896 – December 25, 1963) pseudonymous of Samuel Rosenstock, 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.  
  
==Life and work==
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In 1912, still in high school, he co-founded ''Simbol'' [Symbol] magazine with [[Marcel Janco|Marcel Iancu]] and [[Ion Vinea]] with help from Iosif Iser. During this period he was signing as ''S. Samyro'', that later changed to ''Tristan Ruia'' and finally Tristan Tzara. The name "Tristan" is not chosen for the particular resonance that it has in Romanian, but to express the mood of a "sad young poet" (writes Heinrich Stiehler in ''Tristan Tzara. Peripheral zwischen und Zentrum'').
In 1912, still in high school, he co-founded ''Simbol'' (Symbol) magazine with [[Marcel Janco|Marcel Iancu]] and [[Ion Vinea]] with help from Iosif Iser. During this period signed with the pseudonym "S. Samyro" that will change later in "Tristan Ruia" and finally Tristan Tzara. In fact the name "Tristan" is not chosen for the particular resonance that has the name in Romanian, but because they express the mood of the "sad young poet" (writes Heinrich Stiehler in ''Tristan Tzara Peripheral zwischen und Zentrum'').
 
  
 
==Works==
 
==Works==
* ''La Première aventure céleste de Monsieur Antipyrine'', Collection Dada, Zürich, 1916 (with draws by [[Marcel Janco|Marcel Iancu]])
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* ''La Première aventure céleste de Monsieur Antipyrine'', Zürich: Collection Dada, 1916. With drawings by [[Marcel Janco|Marcel Iancu]].
* [[Media:Tristan_Tzara._Vingt-Cinq_Po%C3%A8mes._Illustrated_by_Jean_Arp._Zurich_Collection_Dada,_1918.pdf|''Vingt-cinq poèmes'']], Collection Dada, Zürich, 1918 (with illustrations by [[Hans Arp]])
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* [[Media:Tristan_Tzara._Vingt-Cinq_Po%C3%A8mes._Illustrated_by_Jean_Arp._Zurich_Collection_Dada,_1918.pdf|''Vingt-cinq poèmes'']], Zürich: Collection Dada, 1918. With illustrations by [[Hans Arp]].
** ''Vingt cinq poemes/ Douăzeci și cinci de poeme'' (Romanian trans.), Editura Vinea, Bucureşti, 1998  
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** ''Vingt cinq poemes/ Douăzeci și cinci de poeme'', Bucharest: Vinea, 1998. (in Romanian)
* ''Cinéma calendrier du coeur abstrait. maisons'', Collection Dada, Zürich, 1920 (with illustrations by Hans Arp)
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* ''Cinéma calendrier du coeur abstrait. maisons'', Zürich: Collection Dada, 1920. With illustrations by Hans Arp.
* ''Sept manifestes Dada'', Éditions du Diorama, Paris, 1924
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* ''Sept manifestes Dada'', Paris: Éditions du Diorama, 1924. (in French)
* ''Mouchoir de nuages, tragédie en 15 actes'', Éditions de la galerie Simon, 1925  
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* ''Mouchoir de nuages, tragédie en 15 actes'', Éditions de la galerie Simon, 1925. (in French)
* ''Indicateur des chemins de coeur'', Éditions Jeanne Bucher, Paris, 1928  
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* ''Indicateur des chemins de coeur'', Paris: Jeanne Bucher, 1928. (in French)
* ''L'arbre des voyageurs'', Éditions de la Montagne, Paris, 1930
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* ''L'arbre des voyageurs'', Paris: Éditions de la Montagne, 1930. (in French)
* ''L'Homme approximatif'', Imprimerie Union par les Éditions Fourcade, Paris, 1931
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* ''L'Homme approximatif'', Paris: Imprimerie Union par les Éditions Fourcade, 1931. (in French)
* ''À haute flamme'', Imprimerie Jacquet, Paris, 1955 (with 5 draws by Pablo Picasso)
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* ''À haute flamme'', Paris: Imprimerie Jacquet, 1955. With five drawings by Pablo Picasso. (in French)
* ''40 chansons et déchansons'', Fata Morgana, Montpellier, 1972
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* ''40 chansons et déchansons'', Montpellier: Fata Morgana, 1972. (in French)
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
* [[Romania#Avant-garde]]
 
* [[Romania#Avant-garde]]
 
==Legacy==
 
Beside the many authors who were attracted into Dada through his promotional activities, Tzara was able to influence successive generations of writers.
 
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
* Irene E. Hofman, [http://www.artic.edu/reynolds/essays/hofmann.PDF ''Documents of Dada and Surrealism: Dada and Surrealist Journals in the Mary Reynolds Collection''], Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, 2001
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* Irene E. Hofman, [http://www.artic.edu/reynolds/essays/hofmann.PDF ''Documents of Dada and Surrealism: Dada and Surrealist Journals in the Mary Reynolds Collection''], Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, 2001.
  
==Links==
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==External links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_Tzara Tzara on Wikipedia]
 
 
* [http://www.ubu.com/sound/tzara.html Tzara on UbuWeb]
 
* [http://www.ubu.com/sound/tzara.html Tzara on UbuWeb]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_Tzara Tzara at Wikipedia]
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Revision as of 11:38, 23 December 2013

Hans Arp, Hans Richter and Tristan Tzara in Zurich, 1917.

Tristan Tzara (April 16, 1896 – December 25, 1963) pseudonymous of Samuel Rosenstock, 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.

In 1912, still in high school, he co-founded Simbol [Symbol] magazine with Marcel Iancu and Ion Vinea with help from Iosif Iser. During this period he was signing as S. Samyro, that later changed to Tristan Ruia and finally Tristan Tzara. The name "Tristan" is not chosen for the particular resonance that it has in Romanian, but to express the mood of a "sad young poet" (writes Heinrich Stiehler in Tristan Tzara. Peripheral zwischen und Zentrum).

Works

  • La Première aventure céleste de Monsieur Antipyrine, Zürich: Collection Dada, 1916. With drawings by Marcel Iancu.
  • Vingt-cinq poèmes, Zürich: Collection Dada, 1918. With illustrations by Hans Arp.
    • Vingt cinq poemes/ Douăzeci și cinci de poeme, Bucharest: Vinea, 1998. (in Romanian)
  • Cinéma calendrier du coeur abstrait. maisons, Zürich: Collection Dada, 1920. With illustrations by Hans Arp.
  • Sept manifestes Dada, Paris: Éditions du Diorama, 1924. (in French)
  • Mouchoir de nuages, tragédie en 15 actes, Éditions de la galerie Simon, 1925. (in French)
  • Indicateur des chemins de coeur, Paris: Jeanne Bucher, 1928. (in French)
  • L'arbre des voyageurs, Paris: Éditions de la Montagne, 1930. (in French)
  • L'Homme approximatif, Paris: Imprimerie Union par les Éditions Fourcade, 1931. (in French)
  • À haute flamme, Paris: Imprimerie Jacquet, 1955. With five drawings by Pablo Picasso. (in French)
  • 40 chansons et déchansons, Montpellier: Fata Morgana, 1972. (in French)

See also

Literature

External links