Andre Breton was a French poet, essayist and the principal theorist of Surrealism, which he co-founded in Paris. His 1924 Manifesto of Surrealism, published alongside the founding of the magazine La Revolution surrealiste, defined the movement's aim of liberating the unconscious mind through automatic writing and dream imagery, and he remained its central organizing figure for over four decades. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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19 February 1896-28 September 1966
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Andre Breton was a French poet, essayist and the principal theorist of Surrealism, which he co-founded in Paris.
In Movement: Surrealism, Lead section
was a French writer and poet, known as a principal theorist and co-founder of surrealism
In Genre: Nonfiction Prose, Opening paragraph, Surrealist Manifesto
His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surrealisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".
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