Tristan Tzara analytical BYOGRAPHY

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ristan zara (1896-1963): Avant-Garde Activist

The nihilist Tristan Tzara (aka Samuel Rosenstock) was an avant-garde Romanian poet and

performance artist, as well as a journalist, playwright, art critic, and film director !e "ecame one ofthe pioneer activists of #ada in $urich, where his shows at the Cabaret Voltaire and Zunfthaus zurWaag, as well as his writings and manifestos, were the driving features of e%tremist #adaism &n '',Tzara moved to aris where he joined the staff of Littérature magazine *nfortunately, his heatedpersonality and uncompromising activism led him into a series of conflicts within the #ada movement,

"oth in +rance and Romania lthough he never actually left #ada (it dissolved while he was still amem"er), he too eventually took up Surrealism

Tristan Tzara 1896 - 1963

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Born April 4, 1896 - Moinesti, RomaniaDied December 25, 1963 - Paris, rance

Marcel !anco - Portrait o" #$ara -1919


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#ristan #$ara in 1922

To Make a Poem

Take a newspaper Take a pair of scissorsChoose from the paper an article as long as you are planning to make your poemCut the article out

Next carefully cut out each of the words that make up the article and put them in a bagShake gently

Next take each clipping out one after another in the order in which they left the bagCopy conscientiouslyThe poem will look like you

And there you are -- an infinitely original author endowed with a charming sensibility though beyond theunderstanding of the vulgar.

#ristan #$ara

Tristan Tzara and the Jewish Roots of Dada, Part 1

Tristan Tzara and the Jewish Roots of Dada, Part 2

Tristan Tzarathustra

ebsite devoted to T!ara

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Tristan Tzara - Dada into Surrealism (199!

Bilin%&al inter'ie( )3*41 min&tes+Mocani - ./d0onie

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#ristan #$ara b Man Ra

"oet and tirelessly energetic propagandist for #ada$ Tristan T!ara$ whose given name was Samuel%osenstock$ was born into a well-off &ewish family in %omania. 'e attended a (rench private school in

)ucharest as a youth and while in high school met *on +inea and ,arcel &anco$ both of whom shared hisinterest in (rench poetry. Together they founded the literary maga!ine Simbolul $ in which T!ara$ under the pseudonym S. Samyro$ published a selection of poems written in %omanian and influenced by (renchsymbolism.

*n /$ seemingly as the result of a family scandal$ T!ara0s parents sent him to 1urich$ where he enrolled ata university to study philosophy. 'is first poem signed with the name Tristan T!ara 2t!ara being the%omanian for land3 appeared in 4ctober of that year. %omania did not enter the war until 5$ but it is notclear when T!ara might have been first drafted for service. *n the fall of 5 he received papers grantinghim a deferral of military service$ and in 6 he was relieved from military duty.

Shortly after his arrival in 1urich$ T!ara reunited with &anco and &anco0s brother 7eorges$ with whom$according to 'ugo )all0s diary$ he attended the opening night of the Cabaret +oltaire. 4ver the course of theyear in 5$ T!ara0s activities at the Cabaret of reciting his poems and those of others led to a more activerole in coordinating and planning #ada events. 'e also$ probably through the influence of %ichard'uelsenbeck$ became interested in African poetry. 'e incorporated into his poetry scraps of sound$ bits ofnewspaper fragments$ and phrases resembling African dialects. )eginning in November 5$ T!aracollected and translated African and 4ceanic poems from anthropology maga!ines in the 1urich library. Thesoir8es n9gres at the Cabaret +oltaire led to T!ara0s lifelong collecting of African and 4ceanic art. 4n &uly:;$


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Jeffrey Shivar

Le Coeur à Barbe

&ournal transparent. 78rant 7. %ibemont-#essaignes. No. $ avril ::. 2


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Mani"estation Dada in Dada n Dadaphone - Marc 192

Dada n° 7 Dadaphone. Editor: Tristan Tzara. (8) pages, 10 illustrations (halftone photographs). Frontcover design by "icabia. Contributions by T!ara$ "icabia 2=,anifeste Cannibale #ada=3$ )reton$ Bluard$%ibemont-#essaignes$ Soupault$ Cocteau$ #erm8e$ Aragon$ Arnauld$ Dvola and others. The penultimateissue of Dada$ brought out by T!ara in ,arch :?$ at a moment of inspired #ada activity in "aris$ @ust

before the ,anifestation #ada at the ,aison de l04euvre 2,arch :63$ the first appearance of Cannibale 2April3$ the (estival #ada at the Salle 7aveau 2,ay3.

%eminiscent of 391 and with a strong "arisian bias along Littérature lines 2like Dada 53$ Dadaphone0s visualinterest is mostly in its insistent typographic density$ rather than its illustration--though it does include a

beautiful abstract Schadograph$ purporting to show Arp and Serner in the %oyal Crocodarium in Eondon$ aswell as the spiralingly !any"icabia drawing on the front cover. *t includes an example of the broadside =,anifestation #ada$= designed

by Tristan T!ara$ originally stapled in the middle of the issue$ as is sometimes found. A great su!s de sandale$ the ,anifestation #ada was the third$ and most elaborate$ of three #ada demonstrations after thearrival of T!ara in "aris$ precipitating plans for the (estival #ada. This broadside handbill$ printed on pinkstock$ with red mechanomorphic line drawings by "icabia superimposed over the text$ is one of the bestephemera of "aris #ada$ and among the rarest. *n addition to providing a complete program of the

performances 2works by #erm8e$ %ibemont-#essaignes$ "icabia$ Aragon$ )reton and Soupault$ Bluard$T!ara and others3$ it carries advertisements for the forthcoming Dadaphone$ 391 no. :$ and Pro"erbe$

printed sideways at the right edge$ printed in red.4blong sm. folio. :55 x ;6; mm. 2? 6F5 x G F5inches3.


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"aris 2Au Sans "areil3$ :?. Dstimated at H$/??.??

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:rnest emin%(a b Man Ra

"rom #rnest $emin%wa&'s The Snows of Kilimanjaro

=Eater he had seen the things he could never think of and later still he had seen much worse. So when he got back to "aris that time he could not talk about it or stand to have it mentioned. And there in the caf8 as he passed was that American poet with a pile of saucers in front of him and a stupid look on his potato facetalking about the #ada movement with a %oumanian who said his name was Tristan T!ara$ who alwayswore a monocle and had a headache...=

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ans Arp, #ristan #$ara and Ma; :rnst in 1921

To read excerpts of T!ara0s explanation of Dadaism taken from his =#ada ,anifesto= I


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#$ara as a o&n% man

Tristan Tzara (1*9+-19+!

Vidéo YouTube without subtitles$ unfortunately$ on his life in #ada. A good collection of photos.

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The play0s second staging$ as part of the :; show Le Coeur à barbe 2The Bearded Heart 3 and connected toan art manifesto of the same name as the latter$ featured characteristic costumes designed by Sonia#elaunay. The show coincided with a ma@or split in the avant-garde movement$ which$ in :G$ led T!ara0srivals to establish Surrealism. 4pposing his principles to the dissident wing of #ada$ represented by Andr8)reton and (rancis "icabia$ T!ara rallied around him a group of modernist intellectuals$ who endorsed hisart manifesto. The conflict between T!ara and )reton culminated in a riot$ which took place during the

premiere of The #as Heart$

#$ara.s o&se in Montmartre )1926+
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