Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes

Georges Ribemont - Dessaignes ( born June 19, 1884 in Montpellier, France; † 9 July 1974 in Saint- Jeannet, France) was a French writer and artist.

Life

Georges Ribemont - Dessaignes was part of the Paris of the Dada movement and maintained from 1919 contacts with Tristan Tzara and Francis Picabia. In 1925, he joined the Surrealists in 1929 and broke up with them again.

In addition to his many paintings wrote Ribemont - Dessaignes plays, poetry, Dada manifestos, opera libretti as well as contributions to the Dadaist and Surrealist magazine later " Litterarture ".

Under Ribemont - Dessaignes ' work for the theater are songs like " L' Empereur de Chine " (1916 ), " Le serine Muet " (1919) and the opera libretto " Les larmes de couteau " (1928 ) (music: Bohuslav Martinu ). He also wrote novels such as " L' Autruche aux yeux clos " (1924 ), " Ariane " (1925 ), " Le Bar du lendemain " (1927 ), " Ugolino Céleste " (1928 ) or " ou l' Amour Monsieur Jean absolute " (1934 ).

Credentials

  • Mel Gordon ( ed.) ( 2001): Dada performance. New York: PAJ Publications, ISBN 1-55554-011-2
  • Peter France ( ed.) ( 1995): The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-866125-8
  • Georges Ribemont - Dessaignes (1958 ): Déjà Jadis Ou You Mouvement Dada à L Espace Abstrait

Music

  • Recording of the opera " Les larmes de couteau " by Martinu on CD with a comment by Ales Brezina. Published by Supraphon (1999)
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