Artaud

American  

[ar-toh] / arˈtoʊ /

noun

1. Antonin 1896–1948, French actor, poet, and drama critic.

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Artaud British  

/ arto /

noun

1. Antonin (ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃). 1896–1948, French stage director and dramatist, whose concept of the theatre of cruelty is expounded in Manifeste du théâtre de la cruauté (1932) and Le Théâtre et son double (1938)

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Example Sentences

Mossé, writes Taylor, was romantically involved with the French dramatist Antonin Artaud.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021

An avid reader, he was heavily influenced by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, the poet Arthur Rimbaud and the surrealist dramatist Antonin Artaud.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2021

Artaud is helping Lamere catalog and digitize the Vega vault.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2021

This sensibility drove his work as a translator, bringing the works of Artaud or Hölderin to American readers as an act of empathy.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 18, 2019

You will certainly lose more than gain in hearing me instead of President Artaud, and I must apologize, as my knowledge of English is far from being adequate to my task.

From A Journey Through France in War Time by Butler, Joseph G. (Joseph Green)