What is Tristan Tzara's full name?
Samuel (Samy) Rosenstock
Tristan Tzara nickname(s):
S. Samyro, Tristan Ruia, Tristan
Tristan Tzara date of birth:
April 16, 1896
How old was Tristan Tzara when died?
67
Where was Tristan Tzara born?
Moinesti, Bacãu, Romania
When did Tristan Tzara die?
December 25, 1963
Where did Tristan Tzara die?
Paris, France
What religion is Tristan Tzara?
Jewish
What is Tristan Tzara's ethnicity?
White
What is Tristan Tzara nationality?
Romanian
What is Tristan Tzara's occupation?
Poet, essayist, journalist, playwright, performance artist, composer, film director, politician, diplomat
Tristan Tzara claim to fame:
Birth of Dada
What genre is Tristan Tzara's work?
lyric poetry, epic poetry, free verse, prose poetry, parody, satire, utopian fiction
Short Biography
Tristan Tzara (born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; April 16 [O.S. April 4] 1896 – December 25, 1963) 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. Under the influence of Adrian Maniu, the adolescent Tzara became interested in Symbolism and co-founded the magazine Simbolul with Ion Vinea (with whom he also wrote experimental poetry) and painter Marcel Janco. During World War I, after briefly collaborating on Vinea's Chemarea, he joined Janco in Switzerland. There, Tzara's shows at the Cabaret Voltaire and Zunfthaus zur Waag, as well as his poetry and art manifestos, became a main feature of early Dadaism. His work represented Dada's nihilistic side, in contrast with the more moderate approach favored by Hugo Ball.