Tzara

British  

/ ˈzɑːrə /

noun

1. Tristan, original name Samuel Rosenstock . 1896–1963, French poet and essayist, born in Romania, best known as the founder of Dada: author of The Approximate Man (1931).

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Example Sentences

It pounced upon the coincidence that James Joyce, the Dada poet and essayist Tristan Tzara and Vladimir Lenin were all living in Zurich in 1917.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stoppard was fascinated with the idea that James Joyce, Vladimir Lenin and Dadadist poet Tristan Tzara were all living in Zurich in 1917.

From Los Angeles Times

"Travesties" two years later, imagined a meeting between Lenin, James Joyce and poet and founder of the Dada movement Tristan Tzara, who all lived in Zurich in 1917.

From Barron's

Before relocating, Man Ray had been befriended by Marcel Duchamp and Tristan Tzara, two vanguard artists.

From New York Times

Experimental writers have given us reasons to doubt this theory since early last century, when Tristan Tzara and others sought to eliminate conscious decisions from their work.

From Washington Post