Andr?Breton
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Andr?Breton (
February 18,
1896 -
September 28,
1966) was a
French poet and
author whose writings include the
Surrealist manifesto of
1924 in which he defined surrealism as
pure psychic automatism.
Born at Tinchebray (Orne) in Normandy, he joined the Dadaist movement in 1916. In 1919 he and Philippe Soupault produced the first volume of automatic writing, Les Champs Magnetiques. He later joined the Surrealists and was editor of La r?olution surr?liste from 1924. His works include a novel, Nadja (1928).
Andr?Breton died in 1966 and was interred in the Cimeti?e des Batignolles in Paris.
- His first wife was the former Simone Kahn;
- His second wife was the former Jacqueline Lamba;
- His third wife was the former Elisa Claro.
References
- What is Surrealism?: Selected Writings of Andr?Breton (edited and with an Introduction by Franklin Rosemont).
- Manifestoes of Surrealism by Andr?Breton, translated by Richard Seaver and Helen R. Lane.