André Breton

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1896. February 19.
  • Place of birth: Tinchebray, Orne, France

André Robert Breton (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 automatis...

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