Tristan Tzara
1896–1963 (age 67)
Poet
Biography
Tristan Tzara (1896–1963) was a Romanian-French poet and artist who founded the Dada movement during World War I, one of the most influential and radical artistic movements of the twentieth century. His avant-garde work challenged conventional aesthetics and championed absurdism and anti-art as responses to the chaos of war.
Tzara's prolific literary output and tireless artistic innovation made him a central figure in modernist circles. His contributions to Dada and subsequent movements established him as a transformative force in twentieth-century art and literature, and his work continues to influence artists and writers worldwide.