André Breton
French writer and poet
André Robert Breton was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism". Wikipedia
Born: February 1896, Tinchebray, Tinchebray-Bocage, France
Died: September 28, 1966 (age 70 years), Paris, France
Influenced by: Tristan Tzara, Guillaume Apollinaire, Sigmund Freud, and more
Periods: Surrealism and Dada
Children: Aube Elléouët Breton
Influenced: René Magritte, Paul Éluard, Joan Miró, and more
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