André Breton
André Robert Breton (French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁɔbɛʁ bʁətɔ̃]; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".
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| Born | André Robert Breton 19 February 1896 Tinchebray, France |
| Died | 28 September 1966 (aged 70) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 20th century |
| Genre | poetry, essays, novels, aesthetics |
| Literary movement | Surrealism |
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| Spouse | Simone Kahn
(m. 1921; div. 1931) |
| Children | Aube Breton |
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Along with his role as leader of the surrealist movement he is the author of celebrated books such as Nadja and L'Amour fou. Those activities, combined with his critical and theoretical work on writing and the plastic arts, made André Breton a major figure in twentieth-century French art and literature.
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