Tristian Tzara was a poet, essayist and performance artist. He was also very active as a journalst, playwright, literary and art critic. He became interested in Symbolism and he co-founded the magazine Simbolul with Ian Vinea and Marcel Janco. His poetry and art manifestos became a main feature of early Dadaism. His work represented Dada’s nihillstic side, in contract with the more moderate approach which was favored by Hugo Ball.
Tristan Tzara was an influential author and performer, whose contribution is credited with having created a connection from Cubism and Futurism to the Beat Generation, Situationism and various currents in rock music. The friend and collaborator of many modernist figures, he was the lover of dancer Maja Kruscek in his early youth and was later married to Swedish artist and poet Greta Knutson. (source, www.poemhunter.com/tristan-tzara)
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